AITKEN, Thomas
Service Number: | 3003 |
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Enlisted: | 10 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, 1981 |
Home Town: | Moondarra, Baw Baw, Victoria |
Schooling: | Moondarra State School, Victoria |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, la Gorgue Plot X1, Row D, Grave 37 |
Memorials: | Aldgate War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Erica War Memorial, Moe Moondarra & District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
10 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |
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18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3003, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3003, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
19 Jul 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 3003, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3003 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Date unknown: | Involvement 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Arrived in Australia aged 4 years 6 months
54 Battalion
Rank - Private
29 January 1916 - Admitted to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis (bronchitis);
18 February 1916 - Discharged to duty
20 April 1916 - Taken on strength of 59th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, from 6th Training Bn
18 June 1916 - Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force
29 June 1916 - Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 July 1916 - Posted missing
29 August 1917 Court of Enquiry, held in the field decided fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Son of John and Euphemia Aitken