English Māori Arthur Heather Aitken Died 4 October 1917 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 34304 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 6th (Hauraki) Company AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait King's College Honour Roll, WWI. - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesArthur Heather AWMM SurnameAitken AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 34304 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › BirthAuckland, New Zealand AWMM Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs I.E.E. Aitken (mother), Kereone Estate, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 34304 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 16 Feb 1917-2 May 1917 AWMM to Plymouth, Devon AWMM HMNZT 76 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Private AWMM 22nd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force 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 rankWW1 Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 6th (Hauraki) Company AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › 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 Read more Death About death Contribute › Death4 October 1917 AWMM Age 33 AWMM Ypres, Belgium AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference ObituaryObituary: Auckland Weekly News, 18 October 1917, p. 45 AWMM Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameTyne 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 Roll of Honour Remember Arthur Heather Aitken by laying a poppy. Arthur Aitken Arthur Frederick Aitken Arthur Heather Aitken Arthur James Aitken Arthur James Aitken Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Arthur Heather Aitken Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects The moa : the journal of the Twenty Seconds on troopship "Aparima" (No. 76) Library / Pictorial › publication At sea D526.2 MOA Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy) Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2016-2 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22269625 Further Reference Passchendaele Casualty form. http://www.archives.govt.nz/exhibitions/passchendaele/view?pid=archives:12338 Further Reference Passchendaele Casualty form. http://www.archives.govt.nz/exhibitions/passchendaele/view?pid=archives:12338 Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847206/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847206 Further Reference DocumentsKing'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 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
