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Borthwick, Basil Charles, 1913-1997 : Stories and memoirs of World War II
- Date
- 1939-1945 (1973-1982)
- By
- Borthwick, Basil Charles, 1913-1997
- Reference
- MS-Papers-1459
- Description
Borthwick writes his memoirs of enlistment, war in Greece, and POW camps; numerous brief anecdotes. Also pieces on W A Macfarlane (World War I), and Charwell Forks School, Marlborough.
Source of title - Supplied
Borthwick served with South Island Infantry Battalion in Egypt, Greece, Crete and Libya, where he was captured, and was in Italian and German prisoner-of-war camps until 1945
Quantity: 3 folder(s) (24 pieces). 0.03 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter (chiefly photocopies)
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- Format
- 3 folder(s) (24 pieces), 0.03 Linear Metres, Autobiographies, Manuscripts, Typescripts and printed matter (chiefly photocopies)
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Stories and memoirs
Date: 1979-1983
From: Borthwick, Basil Charles, 1913-1997 : Stories and memoirs of World War II
Reference: MS-Papers-1459-3
Description: Includes `Jock Herd, sailor, soldier, King's man' (1982); `Reminiscences World War II, arrival in Egypt and leave in Jerusalem' (1982); `Gore goes to war, early days in the Middle East' (1983); clippings from RSA review (1977-1981); `The Borthwicks and their castle' (1980); `Beginnings of a back block school (Charwell), 1981; `Camp 57, Italy, Sep 1943, what really happened' (1981); `George Bolwell successfully evades recapture in Italy' (1982); `Life in the camps' (1982); `The International relay, ca 1944' (1982); `George White, parachutist' (1983); `Two islands, Singapora and Sentosa' (1979) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Stories and memoirs
Date: 1967-1981
From: Borthwick, Basil Charles, 1913-1997 : Stories and memoirs of World War II
Reference: MS-Papers-1459-2
Description: Includes `February 1945, and the long march across Germany to Ditfurt begins', (entries from Basil's diary); `Jock Fraser, realist and thinker' (1975); `Courage not lacking' (1976); `Half a loaf' (1977); `Truce, or half a cup of soup' (1977); The cart, long march from Stalag VIIIA' (1977); `Island of doom, for both sides' (1977); `John the Pole, an unforgettable character' (1977); `The Threads of destiny weave a tangled web' (1980); `Walter Angus Macfarlane, Mounted Rifleman' (with 2 WWI photographs), 1980; `It was all Greek' (1981); `Two-gun Nikko' (1981) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Stories and memoirs
Date: 1975-1981
From: Borthwick, Basil Charles, 1913-1997 : Stories and memoirs of World War II
Reference: MS-Papers-1459-1
Description: Includes biographical notes (1981); `A Few thoughts of the beginning of World War Two (1981); `Capture of the island of Zante' (1975); `Campo 57 Italy, Sep 1943 - what really happened'; The Sconner' (1975); The Burial of Kenneth Pratt' (1976); `Hauptmann Keisling' (1977); `Heinz Schutz - paratrooper (nd); article re Basil Borthwick from The Press, 11 Nov 1976 Quantity: 1 folder(s).