Julius Rasmussen

Forenames

• Julius AWMM
• Christian Julius
  Public - Mary - Other relative - 25 April 2017 - I have researched family tree a little whilst looking for info on my great grandfather, Vincens, Julius' father. 'Julius' was given names of Vincens father.
  Julius was born in 1893

Surname

Rasmussen AWMM

Also known as

used middle name

Public - Mary - Other relative - 25 April 2017 - Defnitely used middle name. Shortened to Jule sometimes.

Service number

WWI 29294 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1893 Public Source

Date of birth

1893

Public - Mary - Other relative - 25 April 2017 - When I researched Julius' father, I found this birthdate

Place of birth

Dannevirke

Public - Mary - Other relative - 25 April 2017 - When I researched Julius' father, I confirmed the birthplace. This is where Julius mother, Anna Helena Berntsen and father Vincens Rasmussen met and married.

Next of kin

Mrs A.H. Rasmussen (mother), Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 29294 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Painter AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM to Plymouth AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 18th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Julius Rasmussen was the son of A. H Rasmussen, of Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

1 Jan 1918 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM
France AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM XXXI. E. 10. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20804384
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/498179/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/498179
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  43: 11
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• HMNZT 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.