Norman Joseph AITKEN

AITKEN, Norman Joseph

Service Number: 402
Enlisted: 14 May 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 November 1891
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Coach Trimmer
Died: Pneumonia and Cerebral Thrombosis, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 13 April 1963, aged 71 years
Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
East Terrace 3 Wall 5 - 246QF
Memorials: Glebe Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

14 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, 402, 19th Infantry Battalion
25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 402, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 402, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
2 Sep 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, 402, 19th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW to Chest - Gallipoli Base, transferred to Malta (5/9/2015) before departing for England 3/11/2015. Admitted to 3 Southern General Hospital Oxford.
8 Mar 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 402, 19th Infantry Battalion, Admitted to 3rd Aux Hospital (Heliopolis), Cairo with Haemptysis (mild).
8 Apr 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 402, 19th Infantry Battalion, Admitted to 3rd Aux Hospital (Heliopolis), Cairo with GSW.
15 Mar 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 402, 19th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit

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