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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. Olaf Blomfield Carlsen was one of those who died along with his father.
CARLSEN Olaf B 35 Married 5 Kawau Rd, One Tree, Auckland Son of Mr J R Carlsen
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December 28, 1950
Age 35
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Tauranga Harbour, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
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