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Christen Lauritz Rasmussen

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Headstone of Gunner Christen Lauritz Rasmussen (7/2132). Divisional Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BEAZ1055). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Gunner Christen Lauritz Rasmussen (7/2132). Divisional Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Christen Lauritz AWMM
  • Surname
    Rasmussen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Christian Laritz Rasmussen AWMM
    • Christen Lauritz Michael Rasmussen AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 7/2132 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 August 1886 New Zealand War Graves Project Westport, West Coast New Zealand War Graves Project
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 C.L. Rasmussen (father), Lyell, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 7/2132 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    8 December 1917 AWMMKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Christen Rasmussen was the son of Christen Lauritz Rasmussen and Anne Rasmussen, of Westport, New Zealand.

      His name is spelled Christian Laritz Rasmussen on the Nominal Roll.

      Previously employed as Engine Driver by New Zealand Railways, Greymouth AWMM
    • His full name was Christen Lauritz Michael Rasmussen. Public - Vivien Kay - Researcher - 18 January 2016 - Source 1: New Zealand Herald, 2 January 1918, Page 1, Roll of Honour
      http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZH19180102.2.2.1&e=-------10--1----0--

      Source 2: Christen Lauritz Michael Rasmussen, "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998"
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-LM1P
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 December 1917 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Divisional Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM M. 12. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM

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Sources

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    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      21: 9 AWMM
    • NZWGT: Information supplied by the New Zealand War Graves Trust as part of the New Zealand War Graves project. This project was established in 2006 to record in text and photographs the 31,758 New Zealanders who have been identifed as serving with New Zealand or Allied forces, and who died in conflicts from the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) up to the present day and in peacekeeping operations. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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18 January 2016Vivien KayWellington, New ZealandResearcher

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