Basic Details
Surname
Woolett
Forenames
A D W
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Arthur D W
Served or died
Died
Service number
163039
Notes
His name, service and other extra details are sourced from research by the Blackpool Grammar School Old Boys along with this brief biography: 'His name was added to the School Memorial in November 2000, after research by his daughter brought his omission to light. He was a Captain (No 163039) in the Royal Corps of Signals (71st Brigade Signals Regiment), and was killed in a mortar attack on Saturday 22nd April 1944, aged 34. He lies, like some aforementioned contemporaries from the School, in Taukkyan War Cemetery in Burma.'
Primary Service
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Myanmar
Country of burial
Myanmar
Town of burial
Taukkyan
Cemetery
War Cemetery
Year of death
1944
Month of death
April
Day of death
22
Age at death
34
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action