Godfrey LASSEN

Regimental number10/3627
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Bodel Lassen, Oxford, North Canterbury
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 2 October 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death from cemetery records30
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Bodil Lassen, 11 Oxley Street, Christchurch, and the late Henry Alfred Lassen. Native of Oxford, Canterbury.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 21