Commander s.g. J. A. Thiele (1889-1939)

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Thiele, J. A.
Personal Information
Full Name:	Just Andreas Thiele
Date of Birth:	March 30, 1889
Place of Birth:	Skanderborg
Family Relations:	Son of City Mayor Frederik Andreas Thiele and wife Bertha Emilie, born Langkilde
Marriage:	Married to Mette Marie Benzon

Promotions
Date:	Promotion:
1906	Naval Cadet
September 24, 1910	Sub Lieutenant
April 15, 1911	Lieutenant
October 1, 1920	Commander
January 1, 1928	Commander
April 1, 1936	Commander s.g. (Naval Reserve)

Orders, Decorations & Distinctions
Date:	Orders, Decorations & Distinction:
January 11, 1913	Danish Life Saving Medal
October 31, 1929	Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge

Military Service
Date:	Military Service:
1910-1911	On the schooner INGOLF to the Danish West Indies
1911-1912	On the inspection ship BESKYTTEREN to the Faeroe Islands
1912	On the coast defense ship PEDER SKRAM in Squadron
September 1913	Student at the Naval Aviators College
April 1914 - November 1914	On the coastal defense ship HERLUF TROLLE i Squadron
November 1914 - October 1915	CO of the torpedo boat NARHVALEN, Danish Partly Mobilized Forces
October 1915 - October 1916	Student at the Naval Aviators College
1918	Teacher at the Naval Aviators College
October 2, 1916 - April 24, 1920	Commander of a Flying Boat
1919	Temporary CO of the Air Naval Station Copenhagen
October 1919 - April 1920	Passed the Naval Academy (shortened)
May 1920 - September 1920	1st officer on the cruiser HEJMDAL, training ship for naval cadets
September 1920 - May 1923	Commander of a Flying Boat
1920	Commander of a Naval Air Group on tour to Norway
November 1920 - May 1923	Head Master of the Naval Aviators College
1922	Commander of a Naval Air Group on tour to Holland
1923	Commander of a Naval Air Group on tour to Sweden
May 1923 - July 1923	CO of the torpedo boat DELFINEN, in the Training Flotilla
July 1923 - September 1923	At the Naval Aviation
October 1923 - August 1925	CO of the inspection ship DIANA, fishery inspection in Danish waters
August 1925 - October 1925	CO of the torpedo boat SØRIDDEREN in Squadron
1926	1st officer on the light cruiser NIELS IUEL on a Royal tour to the Faeroe Islands and Iceland
September 1926 - May 1927	CO of the inspection ship BESKYTTEREN to the Faeroe Islands
September 1927 - February 1928	School Officer at the Naval Academy
February 1928 - May 1928	CO of the inspection ship BESKYTTEREN to the Faeroe Islands
1928	1st officer on the coastal defense ship OLFERT FISCHER, artillery school an in Squadron
1928-1929	School Officer at the Naval Academy
May 1, 1929 - August 31, 1932	Aide-de-camp to the Crown Prince
1930	On tour with the Crown Prince on board the M/S FIONA to SIAM, China and Japan
April 1, 1932 - April 1, 1934	CO for the Naval "Mærkevæsen"
September 2, 1932 - October 3, 1932	CO of the inspections ship BESKYTTEREN on fishery inspections in the North Sea
1934	CO of the surveying ship MARSTRAND
1935	CO of the surveying ship HEJMDAL
March 31, 1936	Honor full discharge on application

Other Achievements
Date:	Achievement:
1916	Naval Aviators License
1937	Head of the International Control of Shipping to Spain during the Civil War. - Stationed at Madeira
1937-1939	Member of the "Sø- og Handelsretten"
September 1, 1938 March 10, 1939	CO of the Coastal Observation Service

Additional Comments

None

Death
Date:	Cemetery:
March 10, 1939	Funeral service at Bispebjerg Crematorium, the urn buried at Taarbæk cemetery

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Sources:
&	Danske Flyvere paa Vingerne, by Lieutenant Clauson Kaas, Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1943
&	Danske Søofficerer 1933-1982, edited by S. E. Pontoppidan and J. Teisen, published by Søe-Lieutenant-Selskabet, Copenhagen, 1984
&	Det Danske Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919
&	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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