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Hugh Colin Aiken

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh Colin AWMM
  • Surname
    Aiken AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 30154 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Aiken (mother), 20 Dublin Street, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 30154 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Private Aiken was the son of Christina Aiken, of 114, Glasgow St., Wanganui, New Zealand, and the late Arthur H. Aiken. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 November 1917 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM Special Memorial IX. AA. 7. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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  • We will honor you on April 25th in the commemorative event. I will wear a poppy for you and place your photo next to your name. I am so sad you were not able to live a full live and know a wife, children and grandchildren. RIP.
    Public - John and Janie - 24 April 2017
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01 November 2020AllanRotoruaResearcher
24 April 2017John and JanieDallas, Texas and Voerendall The NetherlandsOther

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