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Rechnitzer, H.
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Personal Information |
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Full Name: |
Hjalmar Rechnitzer |
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Date of Birth: |
December 1, 1872 |
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Place of Birth: |
Aalborg |
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Family
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Son of consul Peter Petersen Rechnitzer
and wife Hanne Louise Marie, born Møller |
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Marriage: |
Married December 20, 1902 in Vor Frue Kirke,
Copenhagen, to Emily Adolph |
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Promotions |
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Date: |
Promotion: |
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1892 |
Naval Cadet |
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August 24, 1896 |
Sub Lieutenant |
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October 21, 1901 |
Lieutenant |
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October 1, 1911 |
Commander |
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October 22, 1922 |
Captain |
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April 1, 1925 |
Rear Admiral |
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April 1, 1932 |
Vice Admiral |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinctions |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinction: |
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September 15, 1910 |
Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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April 2, 1919 |
Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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August 23, 1922 |
Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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September 6, 1927 |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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May 24, 1935 |
Knight Grand Commander of the
Order of the Dannebroge |
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Military Service |
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Date: |
Service: |
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1896-1897 |
On the cruiser
HEIMDAL
to the Mediteranian |
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1902 |
1st officer on the schooner DIANA,
surveying off Iceland |
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1906 |
Adjutant to the Squadron Commander |
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1910-1917 |
Commanding officer in submarines |
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1912-1914 |
Also commander of the Submarine Division |
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1914-1917 |
Commander of the Submarine Flotilla |
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1915-1917 |
Also commander of the Naval Air Service,
and serving in the Ministry of Naval Affairs |
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December 12, 1917 |
Chief of the secretariat and command
office in the Ministry of Naval Affairs and acting head of the 1st
Departement |
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September 14, 1919 |
On special leave from the Naval officers
sorps and appointed under Royal warrant as acting undersecretary of
the Ministry of Naval Affairs |
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September 12, 1923 |
Director for the Ministry of Naval
Affairs |
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April 1, 1932 |
Chief of the Naval Command in connection
with the job as Director for the Ministry of Naval Affairs |
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May 10, 1940 |
Honor full discharge on application |
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Other Achievements |
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Date: |
Achievement: |
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February 27, 1918
-September 12, 1923 |
Meber of the commission for preparing a
new Military Penal Code and the Military Administration of
JusticeMedlem |
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March 8, 1919 |
Legal adviser to the Defense Commission
of
1919 |
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November 26, 1931 |
Military delegate to the Disarmament
Conference in Genève |
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August 5, 1932 |
Meber of the commission for a possible
joining of the Army's and Navy's technical sevices an a possible move
of these services |
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Additional Comments |
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Following the events that occured during
the German occupation of Denmark on April 9, 1940, 4 senior ranking
naval officers informed Rechnitzer, that the naval officers corps did
no longer had confidence in him, and advised him to resign. Rechnitzer
followed this advise and resigned. |
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Death |
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Date: |
Cemetery: |
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June 21, 1953 |
Died in Copenhagen, funeral service
performed at the Bispebjerg
Crematory, urn removed to the Aalborg cemetary. |
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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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