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Just after 5.40pm on 28 December 1950 a freak wave slammed into 45ft passenger launch Ranui when she was returning from a holiday excursion to Mayor Island off Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty. 23 people died. John Reading Carlsen was one of those who died along with his son Olaf.
CARLSEN John Reading-Married, Norfolk St, Ponsonby, Auckland, Retired chemist
1879 |
September 30, 1879
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New Zealand
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1911 |
1911
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1915 |
1915
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1918 |
August 26, 1918
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1950 |
December 28, 1950
Age 71
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Tauranga Harbour, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
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