Hi Ann, There were no Borthwicks listed as having served in the 33rd Battalion. A quick search of the WW1 nominal role at the Australian War Memorial site produced 22 of them. 2 were killed in action and the rest returned to Australia. One of these however died of wounds. http://www.awm.gov.au/database/133.asp A search of the national Archives lists 32 Borthwicks. You gave me no first names do I could not search further for you. Of the 32 these 2 came from the NE area. It looks like they are father and son. * Borthwick Wilfred Paterson : SERN DEPOT : POB Inverell NSW : POE Inverell NSW : NOK F Borthwick William Murray * Borthwick William Murray : SERN 63717 : POB Tamworth NSW : POE Sydney NSW : NOK W Borthwick Lillian The address for national Archives is http://naa12.naa.gov.au/ You need to register to log on but that is free. Once registered you go to record search. In key words put Borthwick In Dates put 1914-1919 In reference Numbers put b2455 In search select all Hit search and up will come 32 records If any are yours, click on the control symbol hyperlink. That takes you to a screen where you have the option of requesting a digital copy. There is no charge for the copy to be scanned but takes about a month. Then once that is completed you can visit the site again and a complete service record will be available for you to access. There is a wealth of information in a soldier's service record. Hope this helps. If I can do anything else for you, please let me know. Regards Isabelle -----Original Message----- From: Ann Carson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 6:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NE] Lookup WW1 Soldiers Hello Isabelle Thank you for your generous offer. I would be very grateful for any BORTHWICK details in your book. I am doing a world one name study but my own Borthwick family was from the New England area. Regards Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Isabelle Alaban" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 1:49 PM Subject: [NE] Lookup WW1 Soldiers > Hi All, > > I have "Never a Backward Step" the official book of the First 33rd battalion > AIF. It lists all of the soldiers in that Battalion and their fate. The > book sometimes lists next of kin as well as home towns and age on > enlistment. The majority of them travelled to enlisted and train in > Armidale NSW and generally came from New England and Northern NSW. > > The composition of the 4 companies in the battalion was generally as > follows: > A Company was composed of men from Armidale and Tamworth > B Company was composed of men from Walcha, Uralla, Barraba, Bingara, and > Manilla. > C Company was composed of men from Narrabri, Moree and Inverell > D company was composed of men from Glen Innes, Guyra and Tenterfield > > I am happy to do look-ups for anyone. If you lost track of a male family > member from about 1915, it could be that they, like my grandfather, went to > "do their duty". > > The battalion departed Australia in May 1916 aboard the HMAT Marathon. They > served in France and suffered some of the heaviest casualties numbers of the > war. While the loss was tragic, I am grateful to all these young men and am > happy to help anyone who can claim them. > > Isabelle > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1 237 > >