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Sinclair Robert Andrew AITKEN

Regimental number4971
Place of birthLerwick, Shetland, England
Other NamesRobert Andrew
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMaster tailor
AddressGoodwood, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs Jane Drummond Aitken, Mitchell Street, Goodwood, South Australia
Enlistment date17 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 January 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board A37 Barambah on 27 June 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll4071
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 November 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death30
Place of burialAIF Burial Ground (Special Memorial 13), Grass Lane, Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
109
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew John and Christina AITKEN; husband of Jane Drummond AITKEN, 12 Japan Road, Chadwell Heath, Essex, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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