The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1829
Corporal Valter Rusk Record no. 003813 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · killed in action, 7 June 1829
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 003813
Record of service
- Name
- Valter Rusk
- Rank
- Corporal
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 7 June 1829
- Cause
- killed in action
- Action
- The Summer Action at Fog Corner. 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
- 35
- Regiment, same day
- 36 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 7 June 1829
1. Entered from the depot at Marschau. 2. Reported lost on the Line by the regiment. 3. Confirmed by the Records Office and gazetted. 4. Pension papers issued to the next of kin at the rate for the rank.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 12 January 1794, at Wasserhafen, The Capital District
- Civil occupation
- labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: labourer, of Wasserhafen.
Next of kin
| child | Ingrid Rusk | born 1817, died 1878 | clerk | |
| child | Emil Rusk | born 1824, died 1825 | miner | |
| child | Ottmar Rusk | born 1826, died 1894 | farmer | |
| child | Edvard Rusk | born 1828, died 1899 | farmer | |
| spouse | Mathilde Fenn | born 1795, died 1852 | printer | married 19 March 1815 |
The persons entered above are the next of kin as given by the above-named on entering the regiment, corrected against the civil register.
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.