Andrew James AITKEN

Regimental number35854
OccupationGrocer
Next of kinMother, Mrs W Aitken Snr, Opunake, Taranaki
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 23rd Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Moeraki on 19 April 1917
Final rankTrooper
Final unitWellington Mounted Rifles
FateDied of disease 25 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row O, Grave No. 126), Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: William and Sarah Aitken
Other detailsMedals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 58, p. 1