Māori William Henry Bowen Aitken Died 29 November 1941 PDF Key details Service number1790 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankGunner/Military AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesWilliam Henry Bowen AWMM SurnameAitken AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number1790 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM 12 Grange Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs A E Aitken (wife), 534 Anderson's Bay Road, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 5 January 1940 AWMM Married AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignWestern Desert AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number1790 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Unknown AWMM Commercial traveller/Civilian AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Vessel was Empress of Canada AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Artillery, 4 Field Regiment, 20 Field Battery AWMM 2NZEF: 1st Echelon AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankGunner/Military AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of Thomas and Annie Davidson Aitken, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death29 November 1941 AWMM Age 37 AWMM Western Desert, North Africa AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes CemeteryKnightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 14. B. 2 AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember William Henry Bowen Aitken by laying a poppy. William Aitken William Edwards Aitken William Henry Bowen Aitken William James Aitken William James Aitken Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of William Henry Bowen Aitken Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission record https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2095912 Sources Used DocumentsSecond New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM WW2 1: WW2 6 AWMM 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. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
