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BORTHWICK, John
(Service number 28854)

Aliases	Jack, Jock
First Rank	Lance Corporal	Last Rank

Birth

Date	15 December 1891	Place of Birth	Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date	29 June 1916	Age	24 years
Address at Enlistment	C/o Mr W. Fletcher, Willowbridge
Occupation	Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs J BORTHWICK (mother), Willowbridge, South Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 6 feet. Weight 12 stone 7 lbs. Chest measurement 38-39 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes blue. Hair dark brown. Sight, hearing and colour vision all normal. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. Teeth good. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Fit.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	18th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	11 October 1916
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	19 February 1919	Reason	No longer physically fit for War Service on account of Wounds received in Action.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farm labourer

Death

Date	6 January 1963	Age	71 years
Place of Death	Waimate
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 7 January 1963
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimate Lawn Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Block 24, Plot 001150
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John BORTHWICK was the son of John BORTHWICK and Janet née RANKIN. He was born in Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland. On 1 December 1920 at the Knowx Presbyterian Church in Waimate, he married Matilda Margaret CAMPBELL from Northern Ireland, a sister of David and Thomas Campbell who also served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 August 2014]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5520 0016386) [08 April 2015]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5997 0362824) [08 April 2015]; Waimate Lawn Cemetery burial record (Waimate District Council) [13 September 2014]; Waimate Lawn Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG Cemetery Records microfiche) [14 September 2014]; Timaru Herald, 7 & 8 January 1963 (Timaru District Library) [08 April 2015]; Timaru Herald, 19 October 1916, 29 October 1917 (Papers Past) [19 August 2015]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [20 August 2014]; Waimate Presbyterian marriage record (South Canterbury Museum) [2014]; 1901, 1891 census Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland (ancestry.com.au) [21 July 2015]

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