Regimental number | 1862 |
Place of birth | Invercargill, New Zealand |
School | Invercargill District High School, New Zealand |
Age on arrival in Australia | 18 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Purser |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs F W Borne, 41 Eye Street, Invercargill, New Zealand |
Previous military service | Served 4 years as a New Zealand Territorial Cadet. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, new South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Fricourt, Somme sector, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 21 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Dartmoor Cemetery (Plot I, row A, Grave No. 8), Becordel-Becourt, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 177 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frederick William and Isabella BORNE, 44 Jackson Street, Ivercargill, New Zealand |