Borthwick HALIBURTON

Regimental number10/1247
Date of birth15 July 1888
Place of birthScotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStation hand
AddressHastings
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26.4
Height5' 10"
Weight175 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Isabella Haliburton, Dunoon, Argyllshire, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the Atholl Highland Regiment, British Army; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date22 October 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Regimental number from Nominal Roll4/1247A
Final rankSapper
Final unitNew Zealand Engineers
FateKilled in Action 11 December 1915
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burial7th Field Ambulance Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 14), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Thomas and Isabella Haliburton, 4 Victoria Terrace, East Bay, Dunoon, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Egypt to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Reported sick, 6 July 1915; returned to duty, 12 July 1915 (no further details recorded).

Admitted to 25th Casualty Clearing Station, Imbros, 11 September 1915, (diarrhea); transferred to 1st Austraian Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 19 September 1915; to 24th Casualty Clearing Station, Mudros, 1 October 1915; discharged as 'A' class, 9 October 1915; returned to duty, 10 October 1915.

Killed in action, Hill 60, 11 December 1915.

War service: 1 year 56 days (of which 363 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Second
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 16790154