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.
Per Eskeland
- Date of birth
- September 29, 1920
- Date of death
- November 18, 2013
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Stavanger
- Place of living
- Stavanger
- County
- Rogaland
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 13159, NY 1112 og 91639.
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946:
Skytter nr. 1048: Eskeland, Per. Født 29.9.1920 i Stavanger.
Antatt i marinen og ble utdannet til skytter i Camp Norway, Lunenburg, Canada.
Dimittert fra marinen den 26.august 1942.
Bosatt i USA etter krigen.
Funeralfinder.com/obituaries:
"Per Eskeland, 93, of Dingmans Ferry, PA passed away Monday, November 18, 2013 at home. He worked at the Norwegian Public Health Service in New York, NY for 29 years and at the Royal Norwegian Consulate General in the accounts department for 8 years. Mr. Eskeland served in the Royal Norwegian Navy (Merchant Marine) during WWII as a gunner protecting convoy runs between Halifax, Canada and Great Britain.
The son of the late Sven and Gunda Eskeland, he was born September 29, 1920 in Stavanger, Norway. He was married to Elsie (Tharaldsen) Eskeland on May 21, 1949 in Brooklyn, NY."
Sources
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946.
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv ved Marinemuseet i Horten: P.10. kort 59-60.
https://www.funeralfinder.com/obituaries/Eskeland-Per/11-18-2013/1726/
Engagements (5)
- Ships
- D/S Hardanger
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Southampton, Hampshire, England
Date: 4/25/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 6/23/1942
- Ships
- M/S Marie Bakke
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Greaser
- Signed on
- Harbour: San Francisco, California, USA
Date: 7/1/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Date: 4/7/1942
- Ships
- M/S Tønsbergfjord
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Greaser
- Signed on
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 12/18/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: San Francisco, California, USA
Date: 6/18/1941
- Ships
- M/S Gundersen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Greaser
- Signed on
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 11/5/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Jacksonville
Date: 12/10/1940
- Ships
- M/T Barfonn
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Byssegutt
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/9/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 10/30/1940
Voyages
Places of Service (1)
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Camp Norway, Lunenburg
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 7/18/1942
- To
- 8/26/1942
Medals (2)
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
Images (2)
