Thomas AITKEN

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Service Number:	3003
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

10 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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
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