Arthur Matthew Aitken
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Personal Information | |
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Date of Birth | 9 Jan 1920 |
Place of Birth | Narrogin, Western Australia |
Death | 9 Sep 1943 |
Age at Enlistment | 21 years, 10 months |
Address | Armadale, Western Australia |
Next of Kin | Father , Mr Hugh Aitken |
Military Information | |
Reg Number | 415570 |
Date of Enlistment | 30 Nov 1941 |
Rank | Flying Officer |
Unit/Formation | No 14 Squadron RAAF |
Post War Details | |
Fate | Accidental death 1943 |
Monument(s) | Armadale War Memorial |
Australian War Memorial | Australian War Memorial |
Pre War
War Service
5 Missing In Lost Aircraft PERTH, Wednesday. — Four members of the RAAF and one Army officer are reported missing as the result of the loss of an aircraft off the coast of Western Australia on September 10. The men are: F/O A, M. Aitken, of Armadale (WA) ; F/O Cedric Sutton Richards, of Middle Park (Vic.) ; F/Sgt. Peter Douglas Hastle, of Mount Lawley (WA) ; F/Sgt. Alexander Emerson, of Camberwell (Vic.), and Captain Harry Donald Kolbigof, of Adelaide.[1]
Arthur is commemorated on Panel 5. The Memorial is located in a corner of the Rockwood Cemetery west of Sydney. It is one of several which commemorate men of the Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force and the Australian Merchant Navy who lost their lives in the south-west Pacific region during the 1939-45 War, and who have no known grave. The men commemorated on the Sydney Memorial were lost in the eastern and southern regions of Australia and in adjacent waters south of Latitude 20 degrees South.
Notes
- ↑ Trove - The Sun (Sydney) Wed 15 Sep 1953 Page 3.
External Links
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