Douglas Borrie

Forenames

Douglas AWMM

Surname

Borrie AWMM

Also known as

Doug AWMM

Service number

WWII 12763 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Catholic, Christian AWMM

Birth

4 Aug 1916 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 Pre 17 May 1940 AWMM 20 Oxford Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mr Christopher Borrie (father), 20 Oxford Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 12763 AWMM

Military service

20 Battalion, D Company AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Africa Star AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 17 May 1940 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM
Waterside worker/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 10 inches AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
  Wounded in action 26 November 1941 and died 2 December 1941 AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
20 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Christopher Douglas Borrie, and of Aminia (Minnie) Borrie (nee King), of Dunedin

Brother of Ronald, Elsie May, Sydney, Gertrude, Minnie AWMM

Death

2 Dec 1941 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 6. D. 21. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2096134
  Sources Used
• Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210222122055/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-20Ba.html
  Further Reference

References

• Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  papers (papers from a Service Record eg Record of Promotions, Reductions, Transfers etc)
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 47
• Information kindly provided by family
• The parting of the ways : a souvenir record of the triumphs, tribulations and maritime musings of returning draft H.M.N.Z.T No. 217, 'Zealandic'. January 18th, 1919 to February 26th, 1919.