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Able Seaman JAMES SHAW AITKEN

Service Number: D/JX190455
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Sultan.

Date of Death

Died 26 June 1945

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY

1. B. 20.

Indonesia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James S. Aitken and Anne Smith Aitken, of Aberdeen; husband of Ella Aitken, of Aberdeen.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, DEAR JIM AND ENJOY YOUR WELL-EARNED REST
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Buried or commemorated at

JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 1181
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