Name RASMUSSEN, Johannes Emil
Born Denmark, 3 November 1900
Died 22 February 1919
Age 18
Cemetery Grytviken
Grave Ref A11
Register

57

SPRI Ref

1228/17/32

According to the Coroner's Inquest in the SPRI archives, on 7 February Rasmussen was loading barrels of oil onto the "Tijuca". A shackle slipped and the boom fell onto his head. He died of his injuries 15 days later. One witness statement says "..he was well liked by all of us."

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