The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1820
Private Ottmar Rusk Record no. 002421 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 19 April 1820
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 002421
Record of service
- Name
- Ottmar Rusk
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 19 April 1820
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- The Spring Action at the Long Sedge. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 28
- Regiment, same day
- 29 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 19 April 1820
1. The record is compiled from the regimental return and the Records Office register. 2. The cause of loss is entered as enemy action. 3. The name stands on the roll for the year and is read at Victory Square. 4. No further particulars are published, under the Press Act.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 16 July 1791, at Ostrabruck, The Ostrand
- Civil occupation
- farm labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a farm labourer.
Next of kin
| child | Gustav Rusk | born 1812, died 1840 | housekeeper | |
| child | Jorn Rusk | born 1819, died 1889 | farmer | |
| child | Emil Rusk | born 1820, died 1892 | peat cutter | |
| spouse | Mathilde Wendl | born 1793, died 1854 | printer | married 14 February 1812 |
Next of kin as entered at the depot and confirmed by the National Archive.
Pension: the Ministry's pension under the War Widows Act and the Pensions Act is paid to the next of kin entered above, at the rate for the rank, from the first quarter-day after the date of loss.