Date of birth:

May 18th, 1911 (Den Helder/Noord-Holland, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

June 30th, 1999 (Vlissingen/Zeeland, the Netherlands)

Nationality:

Dutch

Piet Greiner fled on board of Pilot Boat No. 10 in 1940 by Le Havre to England. From England he served in coastal services and served on the tug De Schelde, Smit Tug Services, during the Normandy invasion. In September/October 1944 he was called to the Pilot Service again for duty on the river Schelde after the liberation of Walcheren en Zeeland.

Career:
May 10th, 1940: Loodsboot No. 10;
January 26th, 1941: watch service;
February 4th, 1941: 3e Stuurman, s.s. Theseus (1912), Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij N.V.;
April 9th, 1941: 2e Stuurman, s.s. Theseus (1912), Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij N.V.;
June 15th, 1941: on leave;
July 1st, 1941: 2e Stuurman, s.s. Iris (1926), Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij N.V.;
July 10th, 1941: 3e Stuurman, s.s. Orpheus (1920), Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij N.V.;
January 11th, 1942: 2e Stuurman, s.s. Iris (1926), Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij N.V.;
May 7th, 1943: on leave;
May 25th, 1943: s.s. Schelde (1926), L. Smit & Co's Internationale Sleepdienst / Royal Navy Rescue Tug Section.

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