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.
Ingolf Madsen
- Date of birth
- March 19, 1916
- Parents
- Records
- Hovedrulle Nr. 5022
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Rjukan
- Place of living
- Lyngør, Dypvåg
- County
- Aust-AgderTelemark
- Service
- Enlistment district
- Rank
- Cook
- Has sailed for shipping company
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 30681, NY 26990.
Til sjøs 1931 med m.s. TYR av Oslo, tilhørende Thorvald HANSEN, Lyngør, Risør.
Mønstringer, se mønstrings liste.
Ingolf Madsen mønstret som kokk til m.t.ELSA i Oslo 19.10.1939 og han var fortsatt ombord i dette skipet da det 6.april 1942 ble skutt i brann og senket av japanske krigsskip. ELSA befant seg utenfor østkysten av India og var underveis fra Madras til Calcutta med en last av 7000 tons parafin. 1 mann omkom og flere ble skadet, blant disse var også Madsen.
Les mere om dette krigsforliset ved å klikke på linkene under.
http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/elsa.html
http://minnehallen.no/?s=Elsa&post_type=skip_2
Etter kontakt med Riksarkivet i Oslo har vi fått flere opplysninger om hvilke skip Madsen tjenestegjorde på under 2.verdenskrig.
Skip Stilling Tiltrådt Fratrådt
m.t. ELSA Kokk 19.10.1939 03.10.1940
m.t. ELSA Kokk 26.05.1941 reddet v/krigsforlis 06.04.1942
d.t. TORBORG Kokk 26.04.1942 18.12.1943
m.s. FERNMOOR Kokk 30.12.1943 29.08.1945
Tildelt Krigsmedaljen og Haakon VII's Frihetsmedalje.
Participated in the following historical events 1939-1945
- Evakueringen av Batavia (Jakarta) og Singapore (1942)*Enlisted M/T Elsa as cook
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg/
Tvedestrand Mønstrings Protokoller.
Riksarkivet.
Engagements (7)
- Ships
- M/S Fernmoor
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Cook
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 12/30/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Date: 8/29/1945
- Ships
- D/T Torborg
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Cook
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bombay
Date: 4/26/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 12/18/1943
- Ships
- M/T Elsa
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Cook
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sydney
Date: 5/26/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Beskutt av skip/ubåt/land
Date: 4/6/1942
- Ships
- M/T Elsa
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Cook
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 10/19/1939 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sydney
Date: 10/3/1940
- Ships
- M/T Elsa
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Cook
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 1/28/1938 - Signed off
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 7/21/1939
- Ships
- M/S Tyr
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Byssegutt / Kokk
- Signed on
- Harbour: Stavanger
Date: 10/8/1932 - Signed off
- Harbour: Havana, Cuba
Date: 4/20/1937
Voyages
Places of Service (0)
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
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