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Arthur James Aiken

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur James AWMM
  • Surname
    Aiken AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Red AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII 72219 AWMM
    • 311142 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM 349 Palmerston St., Gisborne AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM 349 Palmerston St., Gisborne AWMM
    • Jayforce Pre 1946-1948 AWMM 349 Palmerston St., Gisborne AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. M.B. Aiken, c/o Mrs. O'Donnell, Power-station, Lake Waitaki (m) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. M.B. Aiken, c/o Mrs. O'Donnell, Lake Waitaki Power Station (m) AWMM
    • Jayforce Mrs. M.B. Aiken, 14 William St., Gisborne (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Photo of WOI A.J. Aiken in 1st Battalion The New Zealand Regiment, WOs & SGTs (Terendak Camp, Malaya 1962). Source: The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Journal (1983) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 July 1991 Cemetery Record
    Papakura, Auckland Cemetery Record
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Papakura Cemetery, Great South Road, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.3 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.3 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.3 AWMM
    • DECEASED, 1 NZ Regiment, 1961-63 – Internet resource. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • Organisation - New Zealand Army Force - FARELF [Far East Land Forces] - Organisation and formation - [Malaya] [Malaya 1960-1964 1NZIR Repatriation Lists]. Archives New Zealand Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1120 (R22435552) AWMM
      List is intended to post personnel of 1NZ Regt on their retrun to NZ with a range of factors in mind. AWMM
    • Fry, P., & New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Battalion, 1st. (1983). The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment : Journal / [P.J. Fry, editor] (25th anniversary commemorative ed.). Singapore: The Regiment. AWMM

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