Regimental number | 34304 |
Occupation | Farmer |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs I E E Aitken, Kereone Estate, Morrinsville |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 22nd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 76 Aparima on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 6th (Hauraki) Company, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 33 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Tyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 1), Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alexander and Isaline Elsie Elizabeth Aitken, 'Kereone', Morrinsville, Hamilton |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 4 |
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