Edward Bouchier Aitken

Forenames

Edward Bouchier AWMM

Surname

Aitken AWMM

Also known as

Edward Bourchier Aitken AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/670 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

9th March 1881

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Place of birth

Christchurch

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Birth notes

Son of James Horne Rigg and Jessie AITKEN

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Prince of Wales Hotel, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Miss E. Aitken (sister), Riccarton Road, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of the Somme AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/670 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915-22 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 31 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Army Service Corps AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Edward Aitken was the son of James H. Rigg Aitken and Jessie Aitken.

Sergeant Aitken's brother, 6/4 Private James Horne Aitken, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, died of wounds at Gallipoli in 1915. AWMM

Death

10 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  35 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, Somme, France AWMM VI. I. 8 AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22269635
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/245102/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/245102
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 7
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 31 - Tahiti Magazine. [1915]. [Troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 31, Tahiti] [On board ship].