Johan Ekenæs Sture
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- Participant in WW2
- Served in the Merchant Marine Defence department
Johan Ekenæs Sture
Copyright: HS 9/1426/2
Londonregisteret:
Registernummer under krigen: London 37208.
Nortrashipflåtens skyttere 1941-1946:
L. nr. 32.
Utdannet til inspeksjons- og væpningsoffiser ved Sjøforsvarets Skytteravdeling for Handelsflåten.
Etter endt utdannelse var han inspeksjonsoffiser og blandt annet instruktør ved SSH, Dumbarton, Skottland.
The National Archives, Kew:
Wife: Helg Sture.
Knowledge of foreign countries: China 1937-1941. October 1939 to April 1940; merchant navy, Japanese coastal trade and the same from July to December 1941.
Brief particulars of previous employment: "Merchant Navy, master mariner. Now Lieutenant Royal Norwegian Navy."
Managed to get to Shanghai after serving on British S.S. "ST. Quentin". Evacuated with diplomats from Shanghai to Portuguese East Africa, Lourenco Marques.
Norwegian naval "OCTO" 26. October 1942 to 31. December 1942. R. Nor N. R from 1. January 1943.
Military courses of instruction: H.M.S. Excellent, gunnery course, 28. januar 1943 til 6. mars 1943.
Transferred to Royal Naval Reserves 16. April 1945 for service with S.O.E.. Detailed for service with [...] after arrival in Ceylon in May 1945. Served in Force 136 (S.O.E.'s station in The Far East). Olav Ottar Wallin also served there.
Sources
RA/S-2081/F/Fe/Fea/L0105
Nortrashipflåtens skyttere 1941-1946
The National Archives, Kew: HS 9/1426/2
