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Arendrup, A. E.
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Personal Information |
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Full Name: |
August Emil Arendrup |
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Date of Birth: |
June 12, 1900 |
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Place of Birth: |
St. Croix, Danish West Indies |
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Family
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Son of planter Herluf Christian Arendrup
and wife Margaret, born Moore |
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Marriage: |
Married May 9, 1933 in Søllerød kirke to
Gunver Arntzen, born Bryde
(Marriage canceled 1944) |
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Promotions |
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Promotion: |
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1918 |
Naval Cadet |
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April 1, 1923 |
Sub Lieutenant |
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April 1, 1924 |
Lieutenant |
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July 1, 1932 |
Lieutenant Commander |
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May 1, 1939 |
Commander |
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May 15, 1947 |
Commander s.g. |
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November 1, 1951 |
Captain |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinctions |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinction: |
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June 15, 1946 |
Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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April 2, 1952 |
Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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January 29, 1960 |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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Military Service |
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Service: |
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October 1923
- May 1924 |
On the patrol vessel BESKYTTEREN
to the Faeroe Islands |
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1924 |
Course at the Naval Aviators Observer's
School |
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1924-1925 |
At the Naval Aviation Department |
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1925 |
On the royal yacht
DANNEBROG |
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October 1925
- February 1926 |
Gone through submarine training for
officers |
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1926-1927 |
Gone through the Naval Academy |
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1917-1928 |
Gone through the Naval Academy |
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1926, 1927 and 1928 |
By turns serving at the Naval Aviations
Department and the Submarine Division |
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May 1928
- August 1928 |
On the coast defense ship
NIELS IUEL |
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1929 |
On the patrol vessel FYLLA to
Iceland |
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April 2, 1930
- April 8, 1931 |
Serving in the Italian Navy |
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1931 |
On the coast defense ship
NIELS IUEL |
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1931-1934 |
At the Naval Artillery's training
section |
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May 1932
- August 1932 |
On the patrol vessel BESKYTTEREN |
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1933 og 1934 |
On the coast defense ships
OLFERT
FISCHER and
PEDER SKRAM |
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1934 og 1935 |
Adjutant at the Coastal Command |
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1935 |
Commander of the Mosede Battery |
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1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939 |
At the staff of the Coastal Command |
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1938 |
Commander of the patrol vessel MAAGEN,
fishery protection at Greenland |
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May 1939
- July 1939 |
On the coast defense ship
PEDER SKRAM |
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July 15, 1939
- August 29, 1943 |
Department manager for the Naval
Artillery's training section |
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September 20, 1939
- May 1, 1940 |
On the coast defense ship
PEDER SKRAM in the protection force |
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1939-1943 |
Teacher of Artillery at the Naval
Academy |
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April 28, 1943
- August 29, 1943 |
On the coast defense ship
NIELS IUEL as Artillery officer and head of a artillery course |
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1944-1945 |
In Aalborg working for the Navy's
"illegal" staff |
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1945 |
Commander of Naval District Jutland
North |
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August 1945
- October 1945 |
Commander of the Flakfortet |
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October 1945
- December 1945 |
Commander of the survey ship
HEJMDAL,
training ship for Naval Cadets |
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January 1946
- May 1946 |
Commander for the Naval Basic Training
Camp, Arresødallejren |
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April 1946
- April 1950 |
Chief of staff at the Coastal Command |
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May 1950
- December 1950 |
Commander of the frigate
NIELS
EBBESEN |
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June 1951
- August 1953 |
Chief of staff at the Coastal Command |
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April 1953
- May 1953 |
Chief of the Coastal Command's training
group |
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September 1953
- February 1954 |
Gone through NATO Defense College in
Paris |
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September 1954
- November 1956 |
Deputy Chief of Staff, Training and
Personnel at the Headquarters Allied Forces Northern Europe, Kolsaas,
Norway |
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December 1956
- October 1960 |
Chief of the Sounds Naval Command in
Aarhus |
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October 1960
- June 30, 1962 |
Chief of the Naval Transportation
Department |
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June 30, 1962 |
Discharge due to age |
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Other Achievements |
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Date: |
Achievement: |
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April 26, 1930
- November 15, 1930 |
On the Italian cruiser TRENTO in
the Mediterranean |
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November 16, 1930
- April 8, 1931 |
On the Italian destroyer EMANUELE
PESSAGNO to Dakar and Rio de Janeiro |
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Death |
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Date: |
Cemetery: |
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n/a |
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Sources: |
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Danske Søofficerer 1933-1982, edited by
S. E. Pontoppidan and J. Teisen,
published by Søe-Lieutenant-Selskabet,
Copenhagen, 1984 |
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Det Danske
Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel
and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919 |
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Officerer i den
Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den Danske Søetat 1814-1932, Bind I og II,
by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil
Marquard,
H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen,
1935 |
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