Director and partner in Kerr and Borthwick Ltd, paper product manufacturers, Christchurch, 1947-1974. Served in World War II with 20 Battalion 2NZEF in Egypt, Greece, Crete and Libya. Taken prisoner of war in 1941 and imprisoned in Italian and German prison of war camps, 1941-1945. Member of South Island Writers Association, NZ Ex-Prisoner of War Association, Crete Veterans Association, Kaikoura Historical Society, Keeper of 20 Battalion and Armed Regiment Regimental Archives and Photograph Collection, literary contributor to RSA Review and POW/WOW
Borthwick, Basil Charles, 1913-1997
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Manuscript
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) Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Manuscript
World War letters and other papers
Date: 1914-1916, 1935, 1942-1945, 1956-1963
Reference: MS-Group-1856
Description: Postcards and letter dating from World War I; postcard from Basil Charles Borthwick, writing from Italian prisoner of war camp, cadet training manuals (1956-1963), Signaller's pocket book for Royal Artillery (1935), leave pass (1945); invitation to social event on troopship Glenartney (1942). Marion Moore was the recipient of the World War II material Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Pam Plumbly Book Auction, 2010
Manuscript
Speedy, Muriel Joy, 1919-2013 : Papers relating to Phil Speedy
Date: 1941, 1989 (transcribed 1983)
By: Speedy, Muriel Joy, 1919-2013
Reference: MS-Papers-4356
Description: The papers comprise a letter written by Speedy to his parents describing defeat and evacuation from Greece to Crete, 5 May 1941 and two funeral orations written by James Burrows and Basil Borthwick on the occasion of Speedy's death, 29 May and 1 Jun 1989. Source of title - Title supplied Phil Speedy served in 20 Battalion and saw action in Greece, Crete and North Africa before being captured in Libya in Dec 1941. He spent the remainder of World War II as a prisoner in Germany. Basil Burrows and James Burrows also served in 20 Battalion. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 9 leaves. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (photocopies) Transfers: To Oral History Collection - Recording of Philip Speedy (OHColl-0248/1).