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Arthur Aitken

  • Service number
    WWI 9/1009 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Otago Mounted Rifles & NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Aitken AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 9/1009 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 August 1884 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    10 August 1884 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Scotland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Mrs McCullock (mother), Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Lauder, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs McCullock (mother), Mount Pleasant Road, Brondesbury Park, London, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 June 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Otago Mounted Rifles & NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 9/1009 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) AWMM
      London Gazette 18.1.1919 AWMM
    • 1914-1915 Star
      British War medal
      Victory Medal
      Meritorous Service Medal (MSM) - Cpl A Aitkens was awarded the (MSM) in Jan 1919 for recognition of service rendered Arms in Frances & Flanders Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Stock rider Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    30yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Corporal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 1919 discharged in England
    1952 living in Australia Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 March 2016 - Military Record

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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Contributors

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18 March 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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