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Military service
Service number:
880497
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
September 21, 1892
Belfast
Enlistment:
March 17, 1916
Chatham, Ontario
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. M. 12.
Additional information
Son of David and Jane Aikin. Husband of Myrtle Fitzpatrick Loop (formerly Aikin), of Wheatley, Ontario.
Brother of Private John Aikin, who died while serving with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private David Aikin
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Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Photo of David Aikin
David's brother William -
Grave Marker
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Photo of David Aikin
David was killed in action during the Battle for Hill 70. He left a wife and three children. -
Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of Death -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private David Aikin
Digital gallery of
Private David Aikin
Digital gallery of
Private David Aikin
Digital gallery of
Private David Aikin
Digital gallery of
Private David Aikin
Digital gallery of
Private David Aikin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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