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Military service
Service number:
B/119116
Age:
19
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
April 6, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. F. 15.
Additional information
Son of Basil E. and Alice A. Aiken, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman James Earl Aiken
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Gravemarker
Photo from 1945 shows the first burial place of Rfn Aiken and 3 other QOR riflemen who were killed at a farm on the outskirts of Rha, Holland on 5/6 April 1945. -
Newspaper Clipping
This obituary of Rfn Aiken was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1945 and preserved in a private collection. -
Grave Marker
This photo of Rfn Aiken's permanent gravemarker at Holten Cemetery was taken in June 2003. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Earl Aiken
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Earl Aiken
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Earl Aiken
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Earl Aiken
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Earl Aiken
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 490 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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