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Douglas AIKEN

Regimental number61813
Date of birth28 August 1898
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
Address'Lal Lal', Shaftsbury Avenue, Malvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 5.75"
Weight129 lbs
Next of kinUncle, J Aiken, 40 Peel Street, Windsor, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected for enlistment on account of physique)
Enlistment date25 June 1918
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th General (Victorian) Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Zealandic on 5 October 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 2 December 1919
Discharge date6 February 1920
Other details

War service: England

Married Louise Clemence Marie Van RAYMBEKE, spinster,Register Office, Salford, 27 September 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Shropshire', 2 December 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 6 February 1920.

Medal: British War Medal

Also served in World War II [as Donald Robert AIKEN]: Service No VX16533.
Date of death6 February 1957
Age at death66
Place of burialSpringvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
SourcesNAA: B883, AIKEN Douglas

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