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.
Hjalmar Birger Johannessen
- Date of birth
- December 23, 1908
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Voss
- Place of living
- Voss
- County
- Hordaland/BergenOslo
- Has sailed for shipping company
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 14902, NY 27714/28697.
Til sjøs siden 1925.
Ansatt ved Nortraships kontor i Freemantle Australia fra 27. juni 1942 til kontoret ble nedlagt 1. september 1945.
Privat arkiv:
I Den norske marine som matros 1. april 1930 til 30. september 1930. Tok styrmannsskole i 1933 og telegrafistskole sertifikat 2. klasse i 1934.
I 1942 var Johannessen gått i land i Freemantle, Australia og jobbet som visekonsul for Northraship fra 27. juni 1942 til kontoret ble nedlagt 1. september 1945. dvs. resten av krigen.
Giftet seg i Freemantle i 1942 med Enid Margareth f. Nelson (norske foreldre). De flyttet tilbake til Norge i 1946, først til Voss, og i 1958 til Oslo. Johannessen fortsatte på sjøen i rederi Harald Stange A/S. Endte sitt fartsliv som skipsfører i den norske handelsflåten.
Johannessen døde 11. juni 1967, 58 ½ år gammel. To barn:
Erling Bjørn, født Perth (AUS) 1. april 1945.
Tor Hjalmar, født 18. oktober 1947, Voss, Norge.
Brev fra F. S. Platou, Royal Norwegian Consulate General, Sydney. 12. desember 1942:
"According to the decree of the Royal Norwegian Government in London you are hereby called up for service in the Norwegian Armed Forces. Until further order you are instructed to serve as Secretary to the Superintendent of the Official Norwegian Shipping & Trade Mission at Fremantle, and at the same time to act as Vice-Consul at Fremantle for the Norwegian Consul in Perth".
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Privat arkiv avgitt til Stiftelsen Arkivet
Engagements (30)
- Ships
- M/T Arnfinn Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/29/1966 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 6/11/1966
- Ships
- M/T Arnfinn Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/26/1965 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 12/8/1965
- Ships
- M/T Harald Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 6/15/1964 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/25/1964
- Ships
- M/T Arnfinn Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 12/27/1963 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/30/1964
- Ships
- M/T Steingrim Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/4/1963 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/7/1963
- Ships
- M/T Harald Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 1/31/1963 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/13/1963
- Ships
- M/T Arnfinn Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/18/1962 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/25/1962
- Ships
- M/T Arnfinn Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/7/1962 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/2/1962
- Ships
- M/T Harald Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- 1.Styrmann til Skipsfører
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/22/1960 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/7/1962
- Ships
- M/T Bjørn Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/7/1960 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/21/1960
- Ships
- M/T Arnfinn Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 10/6/1959 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/24/1960
- Ships
- M/T Bjørn Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/7/1958 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/26/1959
- Ships
- M/T Laila Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 12/7/1956 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/29/1958
- Ships
- M/T Arnfinn Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- 1.Styrmann til Skipsfører
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/13/1956 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/26/1956
- Ships
- M/T Steingrim Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/1/1955 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/6/1956
- Ships
- M/T Bjørn Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- 1.Styrmann til Skipsfører
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/16/1954 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/11/1955
- Ships
- M/T Steingrim Stange
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- 2. Styrmann / 1. Styrmann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/12/1951 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/1/1953
- Ships
- D/S San Simeon
- Nationality
- Panama
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/26/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 12/31/1945
- Ships
- M/S Vito
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- 2. Styrmann / Telegrafist
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sydney
Date: 1/29/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, England
Date: 5/26/1942
- Ships
- M/T Minister Wedel
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/13/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/12/1941
- Ships
- M/T Minister Wedel
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 6/28/1939 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/12/1940
- Ships
- M/T Minister Wedel
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Third mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Rotterdam
Date: 8/26/1938 - Signed off
- Harbour: Alliert havn
Date: 6/28/1939
- Ships
- M/T Minister Wedel
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Third mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/23/1938 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/20/1938
- Ships
- M/T Ruth
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Third mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/22/1937 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/11/1938
- Ships
- D/S Liv
- Nationality
- Norway
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/4/1935 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/9/1937
- Ships
- M/S John Bakke
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/25/1931 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/20/1932
- Ships
- M/S Samuel Bakke
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 2/26/1931 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/24/1931
- Ships
- M/T Ida Knudsen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/1/1928 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/30/1930
- Ships
- D/S Lisbeth
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Jungmann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/15/1926 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/14/1928
- Ships
- D/S Suderøy
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Byssegutt
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/8/1925 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/15/1926
Voyages
Places of Service (0)
Medals (1)
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 (7)
Documents (7)
- Diplom, Krigsmedaljen
- "Krigsminner": Bilder tatt om bord på M/T Minister Wedel av og med Hjalmar Birger Johannessen. PDF-dokument montert, tekstet og arrangert av Tor Hjalmar Johannessen
- Fartstid Hjalmar Birger Johannessen
- Fartstid for 1950 og 1960-tallet fra sjøfartsbok
- Fartstid for 1930 til 1950-tallet fra sjøfartsbok
- Fartstid for 1930 til 1950-tallet fra sjøfartsbok (2)
- Utnevnelse visekonsul, desember 1942