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Borm, Otto Kurt Waldemar "Waldemar"

Date of birth:
November 18th, 1882 (Trakeningken/Eastprussia, Germany)
Date of death:
September 3rd, 1955 (Brake-Unterweser, Lowersaxony, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Otto Kurt Waldemar Borm married on April 10th, 1909 with Margarete Kölln. The couple had a son, Carl Otto Friedrich Waldemasr Borm (10 augustus 1911 in Hamburg).

Promotions:
November 19th, 1906: Leutnant zur See der Reserve;
March 8th, 1913: Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve;
August 20th, 1917: Kapitänleutnant der Reserve;
September 1st, 1942: Korvettenkapitän der Reserve zur Verfügung.

Career:
June 14th, 1900 - November 26th,1900: Decksjunge s.s. Moltan;
March 16th, 1901 - March 8th, 1902: Matrose s.s. Drumburton;
October 16th, 1902 - October 20th, 1904: Matrose, s.s. Antilope;
November 17th, 1904 - April 17th, 1905: Matrose, d.s. Portugal;
September 27th, 1905: Zeugnis Gesundheidpflege / Stuermanns-Examen, Hamburg;
October 5th, 1905 - October 1906: Freiwilliger Hamburg, Kaiserliche Marine;
March 20th, 1906 - March 23rd, 1909: Nautischer Offizier;
April 20th, 1909: Kapitänsexamen A 6, Hamburg;
January 27th, 1909: Reserveübung Schiessen, S.M.S. Pelikan;
July 19th, 1912: Elblodste;
1914: HAPAG;
1914 - Jauary 9th, 1915: British POW;
January 15th, 1915: 1. Offizier, S.M.S. Vulkan;
?: S.M.S. Wittelsbach;
August 20th, 1917: Ausbildungs-Offizier, S.M.S. Freya;
December 31st, 1918: Discharge Wehrdienst;
May 5th, 1920 - September 21st, 1920: Bootsmann, d.s. Pawtucket;
January 12th, 1921 - February 25th, 1921: Bootsmann, d.s. Manchuria;
?: Bootsmann, d.s. Mount Carroll;
1922 - April 1st, 1940: Elblotse Hamburg;
April 1st, 1940: Z2 Georg Thiele;
April 10th, 1940 - April 13th, 1940: Hafenkapitän Oslo;
May 1st, 1940 - June 14th, 1940: Hafenkapitän Narvik;
November 1940 - March 1941: Hafenkapitän Fredericia;
March 10th, 1941 - May 24th, 1942: Hafenkapitän Hammerfest;
June 25th, 1942 - November 25th, 1942: Hafenkapitän Fredrikstad;
April 19th, 1943: Hafenkapitän Aalesund;
November 30th, 1944: Discharge Kriegsmarine;
December 12th, 1945: Discharge as Elblotse.

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Kapitänleutnant der Reserve
Awarded on:
July 28th, 1918
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
May 2nd, 1935
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 1st, 1941
Narvikschild in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1943
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse mit Schwertern

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