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Private GEORGE AITKEN

Service Number: 2621866
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

31st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1918

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROSIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. D. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Jean Aitken; husband of Hedvig Aitken, of 1018, 7th St., Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S.A. Born at Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription A LIFE NOBLY GIVEN AND WE WHO LOVED HIM LIVE IN THE HOPE OF REUNION
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Buried or commemorated at

ROSIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 440
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