James Horne Aitken

Forenames

James Horne AWMM

Surname

Aitken AWMM

Also known as

James Home Aitken AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/4 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

15 December 1887

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Place of birth

Christchurch

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Birth notes

Son of James Horne Rigg & Jessie Annie AITKEN

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Address before enlistment

10 Riccarton Road, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

G.G. Aitken, 106 Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/4 AWMM

Military service

Captain, Queen's Cadets, but relinquished the commission before the war because of work pressures AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 4 or HMNZT 11 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Athenic AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM

Death

4 May 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Obituary

Private J. H. Aitken, Canterbury Battalion, who died of wounds on May 4, was manager of the Northern Insurance Company, for Christchurch, chief agent of the Indemnity Mutual, and a member of the firm Aitken Bros., sharebrokers. (Auckland Weekly News, 3 June 1915, p. 20) AWMM

Memorial name

Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22269654
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/719905/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/719905
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 7
• Stowers, R. (2005). Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' story. Auckland, N.Z.: David Bateman.
• 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)
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.