| 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.”
