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Serjeant ROBERT LYAL AITKEN

Service Number: 8/2787
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. E. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Aitken, of Vogel St., Dunedin; husband of Margaret M. A. Aitken, of 46, Douglas St., St. Kilda, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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