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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Lance Sergeant Gordon Aitken |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Lance Sergeant |
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| Forename(s): |
Gordon |
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| Surname: |
Aitken |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
10/956 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Mabel J. Aitken (wife), Featherston Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Married |
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| Enlistment Address: |
18 Bower Street, Napier, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Main Body |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Wellington Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1914 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Limerick or Arawa |
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| Destination: |
Suez,Egypt (3 December 1914) |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
7 |
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| Campaigns: |
Gallipoli |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Wellington Infantry Battalion, 9 (Hawkes Bay) Company |
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| Place of Death: |
Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
8 August 1915 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Memorial Reference: |
18 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Husband of Mabel J. Sygrove (formerly Aitken), of Miro Rd., Upper Hutt, Wellington.
- Lance Sergeant Aitken was killed in action on Chunuk Bair during the August Offensive.
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| Further References: |
- Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' Story Richard Stowers. Auckland: David Bateman; 2005
- Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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