AIKEN, Herbert
| Service Numbers: | 2101, 2102 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Auburn Boys Public School |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Fleurbaix, France, 29 May 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Brewery Orchard Cemetery Plot 1V, Row C, Grave 16 Rev. E.H. Fernie officiated, Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Auburn Boys Public School Pictorial Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2101, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 30 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT A8 Argyllshire from Sydney | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Private Bert Aiken died of wounds received in France on 29th May last. He was 25 years of age, and was reared by his aunt, Mrs. F.S. Lewis of 'Clarenzo' Queen street, Auburn. He was educated at Auburn Superior Public School, a prominent cricketer and footballer, also a member of Auburn Rifle Club. He enlisted in July 1915, and sailed for active service on 29th September in that year with the 4th Reinforcements of the 19th Battalion. Prior to his departure he, among a number of local lads, was given a send off by the Auburn Comforts Soliders' League and presented with a kit. Writing from Egypt just before his departure for France he stated:
'I have met such a lot of boys who remember the Auburn Women's Patriotic League, and when I thold them I came from Auburn, they asked me such a lot of questions about the women there, and when tea time comes around they often talk of the lovely teas they used to give them at Liverpool Camp. I feel proud to say I come from a little town where the women have done so much for the soldiers, and made themselves so much admired by the boys over here.' Great sympathy is felt with Mrs. Lewis, he being her only comfort. She is a widow and reared him since he was six years of age.
Biography
19 Battalion
Rank - Private
8 January 1916 joined M.E.F. at Telel- Kebir
Proceed to join B.E.F. at Alexandria on 13 March 1916
Disembarked ar Marseilles on 25 March 1916
Next of kin given as friend Miss Emma Stockholm Lewis of 34 Queen Street, Auburn New South Wales. Brother of Laura Brown of Shirley Street, Bexley
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