Regimental number | 30291 |
Occupation | Farm hand |
Next of kin | Aunt, Mrs P C Olsen, South Norsewood, Hawke's Bay |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), F Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Athenic on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Name recorded on CWGC site as Jens Johannes Rasmussen. Father: Niels Rasmussen, Lille Langebjerg, pr. Korup Fyen, Denmark |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 49, p. 11 |
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