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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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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Kew Rotary