Christian Laritz RASMUSSEN

Regimental number7/2132
True NameChristian Lauritz
OccupationEngine driver
Next of kinFather, C L Rasmussen, Lyell
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankDriver
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 8 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialDivisional Cemetery (Row M, Grave No 12), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Christen Lauritz Rasmussen and Anne Rasmussen, Westport
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 9

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