George Henry FRANDSEN

Regimental number32315
OccupationBootmaker
Next of kinMother, Mrs S J Frandsen, 13 Johnston Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 10th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 16 November 1916.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 14 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No 8), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs S. Frandsen, 219 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 4/2084 Lance Corporal Charles Rasmus FRANDSEN, New Zealand Engineers, died of disease, 21 November 1918; 30197 Pte Rasmus Peter FRANDSEN, 3rd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 9 August 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 29

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