238910 Pte. Joseph Franey British Army 13th Btn. King's (Liverpool) Regiment (d.24th April 1943) Joesph Franey was a great uncle and, though I never met him, his memory was kept alive through his niece, my mother.
The story, perhaps not uncommon in those days, tells of his brother John, on hearing his brother was missing in action whilst serving with the Chindits in Burma, going to Burma to look for him. The only sighting John had to go on at the time was Joseph last seen leaving a church. John never managed to find his brother, being himself hospitalised in Burma with malaria for many months.
Records indicate his regiment came under attack with many losses. He, another private and an NCO were separated from their remaining troops. Their respective bodies were found some weeks later, with indications they had died whilst under attack.
Joseph is remembered on the Rangoon Memorial in Myanmar, modern-day Burma.
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