The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Private (later Captain) Thomas Aicken |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Thomas Edwin Aicken
Ancestor's date of birth: 26/01/1877
Ancestor's date of death: 20/11/1937
Cause of Death: Chronic cardiac valvular lesion
Service Number: 212
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: Second Victorian Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): CAPT, Date Effective: 1/12/1925
Murray Page: 236
Contingent: Second Victorian
Ship: Euralus, Date of Sailing: 13/01/1900
Memorial details: VMR Memorial Melbourne
Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: When Tom finished school he joined the Voluntary Mounted Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles)
Details of service in war: February - December 1900 in northern Cape Colony, Free State, east Transvaal then west Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Farmer at Gladfield and voluntary member of the military.
1907 - 2nd Lieutenant in 9th Light Horse Regiment
1911 - Lieutenant in 19th Australian Light Horse Regiment
1912 - Lieutenant in 17th Light Horse Regiment
1/12/1920 - R of O (Reserve of Officers equivalent of today's inactive Army Reserve)
1/12/1925 - Retired List (of Officers) - Honorary rank of Captain
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Nola Aicken, Epsom VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great niece by marriage
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