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Pvt
Robert Eastham
Military Details
Service Number: 3855072
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Batt Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Service Branch
Army
Enlistment Details
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Service Number at Enlistment
3855072
Service History
Battalion War Diary Extract
The 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were in Malaya at the start of WW2 . They fought the invading Japanese forces the length of Malaysia and held the causeway into Singapore
At the fall of Singapore and the surrender of the British forces the whole battalion became prisoners of war.
Transfer Details
Regiment Transferred To
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Personal Details
Date of Birth
27th November 1917
Residence (Census)
12 Ciitheroe Lane St Annes
Residence (Roll of Honour)
10 St Patricks Rd , St Annes on Sea
Parents
John Henry & Mary ( nee Herald )
Siblings
John Thomas , Daniel , George
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Roadman Lancs CC
Work Address
Clifton Ave , S t Annes
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
2nd August 1945
Age at Death
28
Place of Death
Singapore
Theater of Action
Far East
Regiment at Death
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Rank at Death
Pte.
Buried or Commemorated at
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