Richard Aikman

Forenames

Richard AWMM

Surname

Aikman AWMM

Service number

2579 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM C/o Mr O. Fairweather, Waitoa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs R. Aikman (mother), 245 Rustic Avenue, Wellington, Kent, England AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

2579 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Truck Driver/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
18 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Richard Aikman, and of May Florence Aikman (nee Harding), of Portsmouth, England AWMM

Death

12 Jan 1941 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 6. C. 23. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Borough of Te Aroha, 1939-1945. Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2095908
  Sources Used
• Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-18Ba.html
  Further Reference

References

• Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 1: WW2 6
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.