Michael
Cassin
Borger
Born in Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Joseph Borger
and Esther Jane Cassin
Brother of
Joseph Frances Borger, Nicholas W Borger, Laurence Raymond Borger, John Borger, Mary Teresa (Borger) Noonan, Edward Thomas Borger, Patrick Borger, Harold H Borger, Louis Augustus Borger and Desmond James Borger
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 23
in Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
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Biography
Michael Borger is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Michael was born in 1894.[1] The son of Henry Borger and Esther Cassin. In 1916 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces at Holsworthy, New South Wales. [2] Michael reached the rank of Corporal through field action in France with the 12th Australian Machine Gun Corps.[3] Sadly, 2 days after receiving his commission he was killed during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) on the 26th September 1917. His final resting place is Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West Flanders, Belgium. [4][5] He was 23 years old.
Sources
- ↑ Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922, Registration Number 17496
- ↑ Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, Service Number 4628
- ↑ Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, Service Number 4628
- ↑ Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11981380
- ↑ Australian War Memorial, Roll of Honour [1]
- Virtual War Memorial Australia, https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/84357
- Michael Cassin Borger as part of the Pick a Soldier, Plant a Tree Project
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