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Military service
Service number:
112169
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
October 1, 1896
Belfast
Enlistment:
January 14, 1915
Leamington, Ontario
Death:
June 2, 1916
Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 30 and 32
Additional information
Son of David and Jane Aikin.
Brother of Private David Aikin, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).
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John died during the battle for Mount Sorrell. His body was never found. -
Inscription
Menin Gate -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of Death -
Memorial
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Private John Aikin
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Private John Aikin
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Private John Aikin
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Private John Aikin
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Private John Aikin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 45 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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