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Cenotaph record

Arnold Douglas Aitken-Connell

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arnold Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Aitken-Connell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    N/N AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mary Aitken-Connell (mother), Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 6 April 1901 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    N/N AWMM
  • Military service
    • Auckland College Rifles AWMM
    • Pukekohe Mounted Rifles AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    South Africa Unknown AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 7.5 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      10 stone AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mary (nee Jones) and John Aitken Connell

    Correspondance filed on his service record mentions a servant, Alfred James Hill (4025).

    Settled in South Africa AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 January 1900 AWMM
    Rensburg, Cape Colony 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

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