Arthur Matthew Aitken

Arthur Matthew Aitken

Personal Information
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

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 Kolblgof, of Adelaide.

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  Sydney Meorial

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.

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