BORTHWICK, Robert
| Service Number: | 4070 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 December 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Eddleston , Peebles, Midlothian, Scotland, 7 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 August 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No Known Grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4070, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4070, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 25 and the second son of James Borthwick and Mary Judhope.
Obituary : Robert Borthwick - Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Forces [DALKEITH ADVERTISER 30 August 1917]: Mr and Mrs Borthwick, Lingerwood Farm, have been informed that their second son, Robert, reported wounded and missing on August 4, 1916, is now officially presumed to have been killed in action on that date. Private Borthwick enlisted at Adelaide, in the Australian Infantry, early in the war. Previous to his departure for Australia five years ago, he was in the employment of Mr Scott at Oxgangs, Colinton, where his family then resided. A younger brother is also on service with the Australian Imperial Force.
Memorialised- Newbattle Parish Church Newtongrange
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