English Māori Edward Bouchier Aitken Died 10 September 1916 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 24/670 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesEdward Bouchier AWMM SurnameAitken AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 24/670 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 Prince of Wales Hotel, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMiss E. Aitken (sister), Riccarton Road, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 9 October 1915 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM CampaignBattle of the Somme AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 24/670 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM Otago, New Zealand AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 09 Oct 1915-22 November 1915 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMM to Suez, Egypt AWMM HMNZT 31 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Army Service Corps AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Edward Aitken was the son of James H. Rigg Aitken and Jessie Aitken.Sergeant Aitken's brother, 6/4 Private James Horne Aitken, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, died of wounds at Gallipoli in 1915. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death10 September 1916 AWMM Age 35 AWMM France, Europe AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathDied of wounds AWMM Death notes CemeteryQuarry Cemetery, Montauban, Somme, France AWMM VI. I. 8 AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Edward Bouchier Aitken by laying a poppy. David John Aitken Douglas Edmeades Aitken Edward Bouchier Aitken Edward Lindsay Aitken Edwin William Aitken Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Edward Bouchier Aitken Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related Serviceperson James Horne Aitken William Robert Aitken Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22269635 Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/245102/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/245102 Further Reference DocumentsScadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War. AWMM Unpublished papers: family papers AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Vol1: 7 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 Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) 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
