Rasmus Peter FRANSDEN

Regimental number30197
Date of birth18 October 1895
Place of birthChristchurch
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 11.5"
Weight165 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Fransden, 13 Johnston Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date21 August 1916
Place of enlistmentFeatherston
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Athenic on 30 December 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialLondon Rifle Brigade Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 13), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of S.J. Frandsen, 219 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 4/2084 Lance Corporal Charles Rasmus FRANDSEN, New Zealand Engineers, died of disease, 21 November 1918; 32315 Rifleman George Henry FRANDSEN, 4th Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, killed in action, 1 June 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 30 December 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 3 March 1917, and marched in to Canterbury Infantry Regiment Training Bn, Sling Camp.

Taken on strength, 3rd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, Codford, 4 April 1917, and posted to 1st Company.

Proceeded overseas to France, 28 May 1917.

Killed in action, 9 August 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 49, p. 10
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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