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Military service
Service number:
71777
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
"D" Coy. 27th Bn.
Birth:
November 21, 1884
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 6, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Johnston and Margaret Aitkens, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Brother of Private James Aitkens and Private George Aitkens, who were missing in action on April 23, 1915, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private John Aitkens
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Photo of JOHN AITKENS
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private John Aitkens
Digital gallery of
Private John Aitkens
Digital gallery of
Private John Aitkens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 45 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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