The information on registered seafarers is not in all cases complete. As new sources are studied, information on engagements and medals etc. will be added to some of the already registered seafarers.
Søren Olav Eriksen
- Date of birth
- April 13, 1912
- Date of death
- December 27, 1963
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Fredrikstad
- Place of living
- Mellemgt. 11, Fredrikstad
- County
- Østfold
- Service
- Enlistment district
- Has sailed for shipping company
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 14024, NY 20800.
Gift med (jf. London-kort): Astrid Eriksen. 1 barn.
Fra Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946:
Skytter nr. 899: Eriksen, Søren Olav. Født 13.4.1912 i Fredrikstad.
Yrke: Sjømann.
Torpedert første gang med M/S SOLØY den 24.juni 1941 ved New Founland, og andre gang med M/T HAMLET den 27.mai 1942. Etter dette meldte han seg til marinen.
Antatt i marinen og ble utdannet til skytter i Camp Norway, Lunenburg, Canada.
For sin innsats for Norge under den annen verdenskrig ble han ble tildelt Krigsmedaljen, Deltakermedaljen og Haakon den VII`s 70 års medalje.
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv:
Antatt i Marinen: 14.06.1942, som U.d.m.
Sivil stilling: Matros & Motormann.
Dimittert fra Marinen: 08.12.1945.
Participated in the following historical events 1939-1945
- Den norske tankflåten som reddet Storbritannia (1940)*Enlisted M/T Kaia Knudsen as motorman
Sources
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946.
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
"Krigskorset og St. Olavsmedaljen med ekegren", redigert av Erik Gjems-Onstad, Oslo 1995, s. 204.
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv ved Marinemuseet i Horten: P.10. kort 025-026
Engagements (20)
- Ships
- M/T Høegh Hood
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/9/1946 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 10/10/1946
- Ships
- M/T Haakon Hauan
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Fireman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 2/19/1946 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 6/1/1946
- Ships
- D/S Bergensfjord
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 7/13/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Oran
Date: 10/24/1945
- Ships
- D/S Lago
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Date: 3/28/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Date: 7/13/1945
- Ships
- M/S Temeraire
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, England
Date: 12/7/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, England
Date: 3/27/1945
- Ships
- D/S Don
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 7/27/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, England
Date: 11/27/1944
- Ships
- M/T Østhav
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/11/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date: 3/30/1944
- Ships
- M/S Fernplant
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 10/11/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 2/8/1944
- Ships
- M/S Molda
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 7/28/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 9/20/1943
- Ships
- M/T Haakon Hauan
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 4/7/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Alliert havn
Date: 4/25/1943
- Ships
- M/S Tamesis
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Norfolk
Date: 1/12/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Kollisjon
Date: 3/7/1943
- Ships
- D/S Lysefjord
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 8/7/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Tampa
Date: 1/3/1943
- Ships
- M/T Hamlet
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 4/20/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Torpedert
Date: 5/27/1942
- Ships
- M/S Heimgar
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 2/10/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 4/14/1942
- Ships
- M/S Fernbrook
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 8/26/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 2/8/1942
- Ships
- M/T Solfonn
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date: 7/30/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 8/21/1941
- Ships
- M/S Elisabeth Bakke
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 2/5/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date: 4/25/1941
- Ships
- M/T Kaia Knudsen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 10/15/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Greenock, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, Skotland
Date: 1/20/1941
- Ships
- M/T Vardefjell
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Fireman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Om bord pr.
Date: 4/9/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Curacao
Date: 6/30/1940
Voyages
Places of Service (7)
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 3/31/1944
- To
- 7/27/1944
- Place of service
- Tjenestested Travers Island
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 2/8/1944
- To
- 3/11/1944
- Place of service
- Tjenestested Travers Island
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 9/20/1943
- To
- 10/11/1943
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 4/25/1943
- To
- 7/28/1943
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 3/9/1943
- To
- 4/7/1943
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 1/3/1943
- To
- 1/12/1943
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Camp Norway, Lunenburg
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 6/14/1942
- To
- 8/7/1942
Medals (5)
Going through new source material in order to document the war sailors and their history is an ongoing and extensive effort, and there exist no complete register over decorations awarded. Infomation about medals will therefore be registered gradually and be based on different source materials. The war sailors were awarded medals both during and after the war. Do you want to read more about decorations, then please study this page: Decorations
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