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Private JAMES AITKEN

Service Number: 5291
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 February 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

V. D. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Clara Constance Aitken, of Dorset St., Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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