AITKEN, Colin Robert
| Service Number: | 1113 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kensington, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Fleurbaix, France, 21 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot 11, Row F, Grave 23 Rev. A.F. Feen officated, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1113, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1113, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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31 Battalion
Rank - Private
War service: Egypt, Western Front
7 December 1915 - Disembarked Suez
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916;
25 June 1916 - Disembarked Marseilles, France
21 July 1916 - Wounded in action
21 July 1916 - Died of wounds at No 8 Casualty Clearing Station, (gun shot wound, abdomen).
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of David and Jane Aitken, of 40 Footscray Road, Kensington, Victoria, Australia. Brother of 575 Lance Sergeant George Fawcett Aitken, 31st Bn, returned to Australia, 28 March 1919; 423 Sergeant Major Alfred Charles Victor Aitken, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company, returned to Australia, 19 April 1919
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