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Keith BORTHWICK

SchoolGippsland College, Victoria
Other trainingDookie College, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGrazier
Address7 Royal Crescent, Armadale
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinW Borthwick, 7 Royal Crescent, Armadale
Previous military serviceServed as Lieutenant in the 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment; orderly officer to Brigadier, 3rd Light Horse Brigade.
Enlistment date21 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name8th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/13/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 25 February 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)see entry on page 603
Place of death or woundingWalker's Ridge, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death7 August 1915
Age at death29
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 7), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Ada BORTHWICK, Fulham, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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