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Gordon Highlander Regiment

 

Compiled with the help of the Commonwealth War Graves and Martin Stiles

 

This Page is Dedicated To

2876155

Corporal

Spence, William Alexander

 

Gordon Highlanders

2nd Battalion

Associate Regiment and Unit:-

Unknown

 

 

Died

Age:

29

Date of Death:

1943/06/22

Cause of Death:

Died from Cholera.

Place of Death:

Changaraya, Thailand-Burma Railway

 

Loved Ones

Son of James and Barbara Spence, of Buckie, Banffshire.

 

Memorial

Sp. Mem. 9. M. 4.

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

Saeng Chuto Road, Kanchanaburi

Thailand

 

William was part of 'F' Force and was cremated. After the war his ashes were interred in a mass grave at Kanchanaburi with 300 other cholera victoms.

 

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