Stewart Alexander Aitken

1890 - 1918  (27 years)

• Name	Stewart Alexander Aitken
  Born	22 Jul 1890	New Zealand
  Gender	Male
  _UID	32ACBB1CEDB5433F982C4319ED8E9EE7F916
  Died	2 Apr 1918	Belgium
  Person ID	I6853	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	James Allison Aitken,   b. 7 Sep 1856, East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand ,   d. 18 Jul 1926, New Zealand  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Helen Stewart,   b. 15 Aug 1859, Kincardine, Fife, Scotland ,   d. Aug 1938, Gore, Southland, New Zealand  (Age 79 years)
  Married	26 Jul 1881	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [1]
  Family ID	F2228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Stewart worked on his father's Farm in the Waikata Valley before enlisting in the Otago Mounted Rifles and joining the NZEF to serve in Gallipoli then Belgium. He was a L/Cpl. and had been awarded the MM before being Killed-in-Action. Stewart worked on his father's farm in the Waikata Valley, Southland, NZ. Probably a reservist in the NZ Army as when war broke out he enlisted in the Otago Mounted Rifles. This was formed from reservist units and became part of the NZ Expeditionary Force. Fighting in the Dardanelles in the Gallipoli campaign and in the trenches in Belgium, Stewart was awarded the Military Medal and was a lance corporal when he was killed in action in Belgium. Died 29 Apr 1918, Belgium. There is a commemorative stone at Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ section) at Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, W.Vlaandered, Belgium.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).