AITKENHEAD, Roy Mitchell
| Service Number: | 2879 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1916, at Broken Hill |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine Cleaner |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill St. Andrews Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2879, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Broken Hill | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2879, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2879, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 27 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2879, 32nd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW right thigh | |
| 13 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2879, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Born in South Broken Hill, NSW, Roy Mitchell Aitkenhead served in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Before the war, he was an engine cleaner. He enlisted on the second of March 1916 when he was eighteen and was a Private for the 32nd Battalion. He was described to have a dark complexion with quote “yellowish” eyes, he was 5 feet 2 inches and weighed 108 pounds (48.98 Kg). Roy Mitchell Aitkenhead embarked on the eleventh of April 1916 on board HMAT A60 Aeneas. It is unknown what happened from when Roy Mitchell Aitkenhead departed to when he arrived in France. In France Roy Mitchell Aitkenhead sustained a fractured rib and was left hospitalised. After his recovery, he was soon to sustain a gunshot wound to the right thigh (on 27 May 1918) which led to him having to be discharged on the thirteenth of February 1919. For his service he received the British War Medal and the Victory medal.