Identity
Title
Forenames
Edward Bouchier AWMM
Surname
Aitken AWMM
Ingoa
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WWI 24/670 AWMM
Gender
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Rohe
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Address before enlistment
Unknown AWMM Prince of Wales Hotel, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
Miss E. Aitken (sister), Riccarton Road, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
Pre 9 October 1915
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Biographical information
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
Death
10 September 1916 AWMM
Age 35 AWMM
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Cemetery
Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, Somme, France AWMM VI. I. 8 AWMM
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Sources
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Documents
- Scadden, 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Unpublished papers: family papers AWMM - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force.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. (2013-2015). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-3). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM - The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM
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