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.
Sigvald Johan Odland
- Date of birth
- January 21, 1907
- Date of death
- April 16, 2003
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Bergen
- Place of living
- Vormedal, Haugesund
- County
- Hordaland/Bergen
- Service
- Enlistment district
- Rank
- Matros / SkytterU. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 22989, NY 3978.
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946:
Skytter nr. 985: Odland. Sigvald Johan. Født 21.01.1907 i Bergen.
Yrke: Sjømann.
fartstid 10 år.
Var den 9.april 1940 ombord i det svenske skipet D/S SIGNEBORG som på denne tid lå i New Orleans. Senere var han ombord i M/T ALEXANDRA HØEGH da skipet ble torpedert under reise fra Halifax til Caripito. Alle reddet. Etter dette meldte han seg til marinen i Halifax.
Antatt i marinen og ble utdannet til skytter i Camp Norway, Lunenburg, Canada.
Senere gjorde han tjeneste som skytter på følgende norske handelsskip:
M/T FENJA fra 23.7.1942 til 19.11.1942.
M/S CYPRIA fra 28.11.1942 til 28.3.1944.
M/S IDA BAKKE fra 28.3.1944 til 13.11.1944.
T/T KIRKENES fra 20.12.1944 til 19.6.1945.
Reiste som passasjer fra New York til Liverpool med M/S AROSA, og gikk deretter ombord i M/T TRONDHEIM hvor han gjorde tjeneste frem til 2.9.1945.
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: 1942, som: U.d.m.
Sivil stilling: Matros.
Sivil utdannelse: Fabrikkarbeider.
Dimittert fra Marinen: 22. oktober 1945. S.S.H. Garnes.
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg/
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946.
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv ved Marinemuseet i Horten: P.30. kort 303–304.
RA/RAFA-5156/G/Gb/Gbb/Gbba/L0003
Engagements (16)
- Ships
- D/S Signeborg
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown
- Ships
- M/S Knut Bakke
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/12/1948 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/5/1949
- Ships
- M/S Sofie Bakke
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/26/1947 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/10/1948
- Ships
- M/S Vinland
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 6/1/1946 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/14/1947
- Ships
- D/S Raftsund
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 2/22/1946 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/2/1946
- Ships
- M/T Trondheim
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: London, England
Date: 7/26/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Antwerpen, Belgia
Date: 9/30/1945
- Ships
- M/S Arosa
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Passasjer
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 6/25/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date: 7/6/1945
- Ships
- T/T T2 Kirkenes
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 12/20/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Corpus Christi
Date: 6/15/1945
- Ships
- M/S Ida Bakke
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bombay
Date: 3/30/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 11/13/1944
- Ships
- M/S Cypria
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 11/28/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bombay
Date: 3/27/1944
- Ships
- M/T Fenja
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: 7/23/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Portland, Dorset, England
Date: 11/19/1942
- Ships
- M/T Alexandra Høegh
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 12/5/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Torpedert
Date: 1/21/1942
- Ships
- M/T O. A. Knudsen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 4/28/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 11/25/1941
- Ships
- M/S Titania
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 6/15/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 4/28/1941
- Ships
- D/S Bestum
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Norfolk
Date: 4/25/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Date: 6/10/1940
- Ships
- M/T Nyholm
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Haugesund
Date: 8/10/1938 - Signed off
- Harbour: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date: 3/18/1940
Voyages
Places of Service (2)
- Place of service
- Marinestasjon Garnes
- Position
- Ukjent
- From
- Ukjent
- To
- 10/22/1945
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Camp Norway, Lunenburg
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 6/5/1942
- To
- 7/22/1942
Medals (4)
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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