condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Gordon Aitken

-
Lay a poppy
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Aitken AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/956 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    13 August 1886 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 18 Bower Street, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mabel J. Aitken (wife), Featherston Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/956 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 7.75" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      150 lb AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Husband of Mabel J. Sygrove (formerly Aitken), of Miro Rd., Upper Hutt, Wellington.

    Lance Sergeant Aitken was killed in action on Chunuk Bair during the August Offensive.

    Promoted Corporal, 5 May 1915; Lance Sergeant, 13 May 1915.
    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Wife: Mabel J. Sygrove (formerly Aitken), Miro Road, Upper Hutt, Wellington.
    Regimental Number given on CWGC site as 10/965. AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    8 August 1915 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name
    Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM

Roll of Honour

Remember Gordon Aitken by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Gordon Aitken

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 7 AWMM
    • Stowers, R. (2005). Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' story. Auckland, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Auckland weekly news Public - Tracy, Charles, Benson, Ella and Arlo - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - family history

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
22 June 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
25 April 2015Tracy, Charles, Benson, Ella and ArloWellingtonOther Relative

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.