Service No: WWI 8/2831 | Regiment/Service: Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F., 2nd Bn. | Place of birth given as Pittsburg | Next of kin: Alexander Aitken (brother & executor), Shoal Bay Road, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. Address before enlistment: Knox College, Dunedin, New Zealand. Brother of Mr. W. Aitken, of Green St., North East Valley, Dunedin. Geni Profile: https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Aitken/6000000174111548911.
Thomas Aitken, who seems to have been known to other students as "Tam", entered Knox College in 1909 and began study towards a BA degree from the University of Otago. He never finished his degree, instead taking a year off in 1912 and returning to Auckland. He returned to Knox in 1913 and changed direction, studying divinity in preparation for a career in the Presbyterian ministry. Over the summer of 1914/15 he was working as a home missionary in Hunua, near Auckland. This was a common summer activity for students preparing for the ministry. Possibly at this point he enlisted as he does not appear to have returned to Knox in 1915. Source: Knox College (18 May 2021).
Thomas Aitken, who seems to have been known to other students as "Tam", entered Knox College in 1909 and began study towards a BA degree from the University of Otago. He never finished his degree, instead taking a year off in 1912 and returning to Auckland. He returned to Knox in 1913 and changed direction, studying divinity in preparation for a career in the Presbyterian ministry. Over the summer of 1914/15 he was working as a home missionary in Hunua, near Auckland. This was a common summer activity for students preparing for the ministry. Possibly at this point he enlisted as he does not appear to have returned to Knox in 1915. Source: Knox College (18 May 2021).
Service No: WWI 8/2831 | Regiment/Service: Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F., 2nd Bn. | Place of birth given as Pittsburg | Next of kin: Alexander Aitken (brother & executor), Shoal Bay Road, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. Address before enlistment: Knox College, Dunedin, New Zealand. Brother of Mr. W. Aitken, of Green St., North East Valley, Dunedin. Geni Profile: https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Aitken/6000000174111548911.
Thomas Aitken, who seems to have been known to other students as "Tam", entered Knox College in 1909 and began study towards a BA degree from the University of Otago. He never finished his degree, instead taking a year off in 1912 and returning to Auckland. He returned to Knox in 1913 and changed direction, studying divinity in preparation for a career in the Presbyterian ministry. Over the summer of 1914/15 he was working as a home missionary in Hunua, near Auckland. This was a common summer activity for students preparing for the ministry. Possibly at this point he enlisted as he does not appear to have returned to Knox in 1915. Source: Knox College (18 May 2021).
Thomas Aitken, who seems to have been known to other students as "Tam", entered Knox College in 1909 and began study towards a BA degree from the University of Otago. He never finished his degree, instead taking a year off in 1912 and returning to Auckland. He returned to Knox in 1913 and changed direction, studying divinity in preparation for a career in the Presbyterian ministry. Over the summer of 1914/15 he was working as a home missionary in Hunua, near Auckland. This was a common summer activity for students preparing for the ministry. Possibly at this point he enlisted as he does not appear to have returned to Knox in 1915. Source: Knox College (18 May 2021).
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