The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1832
Captain Piet Rusk Record no. 004465 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · killed in action, 5 May 1832
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 004465
Record of service
- Name
- Piet Rusk
- Rank
- Captain
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 5 May 1832
- Cause
- killed in action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 37
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 5 May 1832
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 July 1794, at Vellmar, The Capital District
- Civil occupation
- clerk
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a clerk of Vellmar before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| child | Roderik Rusk | born 1821, died 1881 | printer | |
| child | Margit Rusk | born 1823, died 1863 | shopkeeper | |
| child | Ilse Rusk | born 1828, died 1864 | housekeeper | |
| child | Brigitta Rusk | born 1829, died 1830 | labourer | |
| child | Magnus Rusk | born 1832, died 1886 | carter | |
| spouse | Katrin Schor | born 1801, died 1879 | labourer | married 27 May 1821 |
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.