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Henry Alfred Johan Remen
- Date of birth
- May 10, 1921
- Date of death
- March 13, 1998
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Hadsel
- Place of living
- Bitterstad, Hadsel
- County
- Nordland
- Service
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Henry Remen f 10 5 1920 i Bitterstad SSH nr 805
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Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946:
Skytter nr. 805: Remen, Henry A. Johan. Født 10.5.1921 på Bitterstad i Vesterålen.
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Var den 9.april ombord på M/S HIRD som bl. a. var med på evakueringen av Dunkerque og hadde ombord 4000 soldater da det satte kurs for Dover. Underveis over den engelske kanalen var skipet med på to redningsaksjoner for skip som var blitt torpedert. Den 15 september 1940 ble D/S HIRD selv torpedert i Atlanteren og alle ombord ble reddet.
Remen var senere ombord i D/S MAGNHILD, mønstret av i New York og meldte seg til marinen.
Antatt i marinen og ble utdannet til skytter.
Senere gjorde han tjeneste som skytter på følgende norske handelsskip:
M/S NORBRYN fra 5.6.1942 til 27.2.1943.
D/S TORE JARL fra 7.3.1943 til 5.6.1943.
D/S TAUTRA fra 21.6.1943 til 18.7.1944.
D/S GUDVIN fra 18.8.1944 til 31.7.1945.
M/T THORHILD fra 1.10.1945 til 11.2.1946.
Dimittert i Bergen den 30.april 1946.
For sin innsats for Norge under den annen verdenskrig ble han ble tildelt Krigsmedaljen, Deltakermedaljen og Haakon den VII`s 70 års medalje.
Participated in the following historical events 1939-1945
- Evakueringen av folk fra Belgia og Frankrike (mai-juni 1940)*Enlisted M/S Hird as ordinary seaman
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg/
RA/S-3545/G/Gi/L0008
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946
Bokverket "Evig heder skal de ha". Bjørn K. Sagdahl.
Engagements (65)
- Ships
- M/S Vindafjord
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Arbeidsleder
- Signed on
- Harbour: Gøteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige
Date: 3/18/1977 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown
- Ships
- M/S Norbrott
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Arbeidsleder
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 11/6/1975 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 6/4/1976
- Ships
- M/S Norbrott
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Tømmermann / Matros
- Signed on
- Harbour: Antwerpen, Belgia
Date: 7/10/1975 - Signed off
- Harbour: Drammen
Date: 11/5/1975
- Ships
- M/S Norbella
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 11/25/1974 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/22/1975
- Ships
- M/S Holthorn
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Arbeidsleder
- Signed on
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 8/21/1973 - Signed off
- Harbour: San Pedro, California, USA
Date: 5/2/1974
- Ships
- M/S Brott
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Arbeidsleder
- Signed on
- Harbour: Gøteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige
Date: 10/10/1972 - Signed off
- Harbour: Kobe
Date: 5/15/1973
- Ships
- M/S Høegh Heron
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Arbeidsleder
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 7/13/1972 - Signed off
- Harbour: Moss
Date: 9/22/1972
- Ships
- M/S Westbulk
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Kobe
Date: 10/1/1970 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 2/23/1972
- Ships
- M/S Kongsfjord
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Hamburg, Tyskland
Date: 10/9/1968 - Signed off
- Harbour: Hamburg, Tyskland
Date: 3/24/1970
- Ships
- M/S Polarbjørn
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Fangstmann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Ålesund
Date: 4/4/1968 - Signed off
- Harbour: Ålesund
Date: 5/11/1968
- Ships
- M/S Nordnorge
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sortland
Date: 1/28/1967 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sortland
Date: 2/15/1968
- Ships
- M/S Havskår
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Antwerpen, Belgia
Date: 9/9/1966 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bremen, Tyskland
Date: 11/1/1966
- Ships
- M/S Taurus
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Narvik
Date: 1/7/1964 - Signed off
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 2/5/1964
- Ships
- D/S Stavangerfjord
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Stokmarknes
Date: 7/4/1963 - Signed off
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 12/14/1963
- Ships
- M/S Lyngenfjord
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 8/11/1962 - Signed off
- Harbour: Skien
Date: 4/17/1963
- Ships
- M/S Vigrid
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/9/1962 - Signed off
- Harbour: Antwerpen, Belgia
Date: 7/9/1962
- Ships
- M/S Baie Comeau
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Stokmarknes
Date: 10/6/1961 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 2/13/1962
- Ships
- M/S Jasmin
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Stokmarknes
Date: 8/18/1960 - Signed off
- Harbour: Rotterdam, Nederland
Date: 7/11/1961
- Ships
- M/S Ursa
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/8/1958 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 6/27/1958
- Ships
- M/S Uranus
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Tromsø
Date: 7/4/1957 - Signed off
- Harbour: Harstad
Date: 12/19/1957
- Ships
- M/S Uranus
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandnessjøen
Date: 8/6/1956 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandnessjøen
Date: 5/12/1957
- Ships
- M/S Uranus
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 5/4/1956 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bodø
Date: 7/15/1956
- Ships
- M/S Uranus
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 2/10/1956 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/3/1956
- Ships
- M/S Nordlys
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Jungmann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Harstad
Date: 12/24/1955 - Signed off
- Harbour: Ålesund
Date: 2/4/1956
- Ships
- M/S Andenes
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Carpenter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bodø
Date: 12/16/1954 - Signed off
- Harbour: Stokmarknes
Date: 7/7/1955
- Ships
- M/S Andenes
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Stokmarknes
Date: 8/16/1954 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bodø
Date: 12/15/1954
- Ships
- M/S Luma
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Harstad
Date: 1/29/1954 - Signed off
- Harbour: Svolvær
Date: 5/4/1954
- Ships
- M/S Luma
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Harstad
Date: 7/17/1953 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 1/2/1954
- Ships
- M/S Luma
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Stavanger
Date: 5/5/1952 - Signed off
- Harbour: Trondheim
Date: 5/22/1952
- Ships
- M/S Saturnus
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Carpenter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Stavanger
Date: 5/23/1951 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 6/13/1951
- Ships
- D/S Sigurd Jarl
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Carpenter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Trondheim
Date: 9/2/1950 - Signed off
- Harbour: Trondheim
Date: 11/21/1950
- Ships
- D/S Sigurd Jarl
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Trondheim
Date: 4/21/1950 - Signed off
- Harbour: Trondheim
Date: 9/1/1950
- Ships
- D/S Finmarken
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/1/1949 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 6/20/1949
- Ships
- D/S Finmarken
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/23/1949 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/31/1949
- Ships
- D/S Finmarken
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 1/6/1949 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 1/31/1949
- Ships
- D/S Finmarken
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/27/1948 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 12/12/1948
- Ships
- M/S Hadsel
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 12/14/1946 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/5/1947
- Ships
- M/K Nordtind
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/21/1946 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 12/6/1946
- Ships
- M/S Hadsel
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/8/1946 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/20/1946
- Ships
- M/T Thorhild
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 10/1/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Rotterdam, Nederland
Date: 2/11/1946
- Ships
- D/S Gudvin
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Alger
Date: 8/18/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Date: 7/31/1945
- Ships
- D/S Tautra
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Alger
Date: 6/21/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bone
Date: 7/17/1944
- Ships
- D/S Tore Jarl
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Date: 3/6/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Alger
Date: 6/5/1943
- Ships
- M/S Norbryn
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: 6/6/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date: 2/27/1943
- Ships
- D/S Magnhild
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 2/5/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 4/15/1942
- Ships
- M/S Tamerlane
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 8/5/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 2/5/1942
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/19/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/5/1941
- Ships
- M/T Strinda
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Date: 2/27/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Curacao
Date: 4/5/1941
- Ships
- M/S Vaalaren
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Rank
- Messboy
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 11/9/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 1/20/1941
- Ships
- M/S Hird
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date: 2/27/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Torpedert
Date: 9/15/1940
- Ships
- M/S Andenes
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Dekksgutt
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/15/1939 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 10/24/1939
- Ships
- D/S Hadsel
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Dekksgutt
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/2/1939 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/25/1939
- Ships
- D/S Mosken
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Dekksgutt
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/1/1937 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/13/1937
- Ships
- D/S Hadsel
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Byssegutt
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/1/1937 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/30/1937
Voyages
Places of Service (1)
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Camp Norway, Lunenburg
- Position
- Ukjent
- From
- 4/23/1942
- To
- Ukjent
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
Images (1)
Henry Remen f 10 5 1920 i Bitterstad SSH nr 805
Bilde - Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946