Forenames

John Rutherford AWMM

Surname

Borthwick AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/3195 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

• 2 Apr 1895 AWMM
• 2 Apr 1895 Public Source

Date of birth

2 April 1895

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Place of birth

Dunedin

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 17 Mulgrave Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Elizabeth Borthwick (mother), Tarakohe, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Nov 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Messines AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/3195 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 35 or HMNZT 36 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

John Borthwick was the son of John and Isabella Borthwick, of Waikino, Auckland, New Zealand.

New Zealand at the Front (a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. AWMM

Death

7 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM II. F. 8. AWMM

Memorial name

Takaka War Memorial

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22277601
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/449224/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/449224
  Further Reference
• New Zealand at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.
  https://archive.org/details/newzealandatfron00lond/newzealandatfron00lond
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 66
• New Zealand at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.