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.
Thorbjørn Johannes Halvorsen
- Date of birth
- November 28, 1918
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Sør-Odal
- Place of living
- Levre, Sandvika Bærum
- County
- HedmarkAkershus
- Service
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 22131, NY 1552.
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946:
Skytter nr. 119: Halvorsen, Thorbjørn Johannes. Født 28.11.1918 i Sør Odal.
Antatt i marinen og ble utdannet til skytter i Dumbarton, Scotland.
Senere gjorde han tjeneste som skytter på følgende norske handelsskip:
M/T STRIND fra 11.12.1941 til 6.10.1942.
D/S FAR fra 6.1.1943 til 1.5.1943.
Gjorde siden tjeneste ved SSH. Travers Island, New York.
Ble syk og ble dimittert 1.11.1944.
For sin innsats for Norge under den annen verdenskrig ble han ble tildelt Deltakermedaljen og Haakon den VII`s 70 års medalje.
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv:
Antatt i marinen: 30. september 1941
Sivil stilling: Lettmatros
Tidligere militærtjeneste: 1938, Garden. 8 mndr.
Dimittert fra marinen: 1. november 1944
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946
Engagements (6)
- Ships
- D/S Nyco
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/20/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 5/8/1945
- Ships
- M/T Skandinavia
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Date: 1/30/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Date: 3/5/1945
- Ships
- D/S Far
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 1/6/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Mobile, Alabama, USA
Date: 5/1/1943
- Ships
- M/T Strinda
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 12/11/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 10/6/1942
- Ships
- M/S Vinland
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: San Francisco, California, USA
Date: 6/12/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date: 9/11/1941
- Ships
- M/S Bronxville
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 4/4/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: San Francisco, California, USA
Date: 5/29/1941
Voyages
Places of Service (3)
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Travers Island, NY.
- Position
- Matros / Skytter
- From
- 5/2/1943
- To
- 11/1/1944
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 10/6/1942
- To
- 1/2/1943
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Dumbarton
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 9/1/1941
- To
- 12/10/1941
Medals (3)
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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