Sergeant

Edward Bouchier Aitken

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of James H. Rigg Aitken and Jessie Aitken.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
24/670
Name:
Edward Bouchier Aitken
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Miss E. Aitken (sister), Riccarton Road, Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Prince of Wales Hotel, Dunedin, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 2 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
10 September 1916
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
35
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
09 October 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 30
HMNZT 31
HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (18 December 1915)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
VI. I. 8.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Edward Bouchier Aitken
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