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Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Death:
August 8, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
38. A. 1.
Additional information
Son of Alfred and Albany Rasmussen; husband of Margaret Elizabeth Rasmussen, of Barrie, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Carl Edward Rasmussen
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Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2595 Lieutenant Carl Edwards Rasmussen (RMC 1937) was the son of Alfred and Albany Rasmussen. He was the husband of Margaret Elizabeth Rasmussen, of Barrie, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. He died on Aug 8, 1942 at 22 years of age. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, United Kingdom. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2595 Lieutenant Carl Edwards Rasmussen (RMC 1937) was the son of Alfred and Albany Rasmussen. He was the husband of Margaret Elizabeth Rasmussen, of Barrie, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. He died on Aug 8, 1942 at 22 years of age. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, United Kingdom. -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2595 Lieutenant Carl Edwards Rasmussen (RMC 1937) was the son of Alfred and Albany Rasmussen. He was the husband of Margaret Elizabeth Rasmussen, of Barrie, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. He died on Aug 8, 1942 at 22 years of age. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, United Kingdom. -
Photo of CARL EDWARD RASMUSSEN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 108 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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