Identity
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Arthur Heather AWMM
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Aitken AWMM
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WWI 34304 AWMM
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Mrs I.E.E. Aitken (mother), Kereone Estate, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM
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Biographical information
Son of Alexander and Isaline Elsie Elizabeth Aitken, of 'Kereone', near Morrinsville.
He attended King's College and is commemorated in their Roll of Honour.
Further educated at St. John's College (1901-2).
"Private advice has been received that Private Arthur H. Aitken, youngest son of Mrs. Alex. Aitken, of Kereone, near Morrinsville, has been killed in France. He was a native of Auckland, and was educated at St. John’s College. He formerly was on the staff of the Union Bank of Australia, but for some time prior to going to the war he was farming with his brother at Kereone. Private Aitken was about 32 years of age." (Auckland Weekly News, 18 October 1917, p. 45) AWMM
Memorials
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- Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Te Aroha First World War Memorial, Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. AWMM
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Documents
- King's College, Auckland. (1918). King's College, Auckland : the Great War, 1914-18. Auckland, N.Z.: The College. AWMM
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
55: 4 AWMM - Auckland Weekly News AWMM
Obituary: Auckland Weekly News, 18 October 1917, p. 45 AWMM - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
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