Lance Corporal

Stewart Alex Aitken

MM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of James A. and Ellen S. Aitken, of Waikaka Valley, Southland, New Zealand. Also served at Gallipoli.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
9/108
Name:
Stewart Alex Aitken
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs E.S. Aitken (mother), Waikaka Valley, via Gore, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Waikaka Valley, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Otago Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action near Mount Kemmel
Date of Death:
29 April 1918
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
27
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 5
HMNZT 9
Vessel:
Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (3 December 1914)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Stewart Alex Aitken
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