BORRIE E.F.
Given Names: Edwin Fullarton
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Unit: Royal Engineers, 229th Field Company
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
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Age: 21 Yrs
Occupation: Student
Marital Status: Single
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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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ENLISTMENT
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Next of Kin: FATHER James Borrie
14 Ridgway Avenue, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 15/12/1915
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END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
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Disembarked: 1919
Unit: Royal Engineers
Rank: Assistant Director of Works
Discharge Date: 15/7/1919
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MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star:
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Other: Military Cross
BIRTH
Date or Year: 17/4/1894
Place: East Brunswick, Victoria
Father: James BORRIE
Mother: Katherine Isabella FULLARTON
MARRIAGE
Year: 1919
Place: Hawthorn Presbyterian Church
Spouse: Hilda Lilian RICHARDS
DEATH
Date or Year: 27/8/1968
Place: Kew, Victoria
Burial: Springvale, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
One of ten Australians nominated for commissions in the British Army's Royal Engineers
Wounded in action 13/4/1918
September 1917 promoted temporary lieutenant
Awarded Military Cross June 1918
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
University of Melbourne
Kew Presbyterian Church
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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