In Memory Of

AITKENS, AUBREY ALFRED

Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
1913-10-15
Service No:
225940
Rank:
Sapper
Unit:
2 Field Coy.
Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
Former Regiment:
formerly Transvaal Scottish
Date of Death:
1942-11-07
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during mine clearing operations in front of the Imperial Light Horse positions at El Alamein
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XI. H. 6.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Louis Houghton and Agatha Henrietta Aitkens, of 49 Church Street, Turffontein, Johannesburg. Born in Pretoria. A plumber. He was unmarried.