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Oscar Emil RASMUSSEN

Regimental number1811
Place of birthAalburg, Denmark
SchoolCommunity School, Denmark
Age on arrival in Australia23
ReligionLutheran
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, Neil Rasmussen, Aalborg, Denmark
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of disease 6 October 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death28.7
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot A, Grave No. XIII, Row I, Europe
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
100
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Christian and Oline RASMUSSEN, Priorgade 5 St., L.H. Aalborg, Denmark
Family/military connectionsNil

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