NORWAY Baalsrud, Jan S.

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Baalsrud
  • FORENAME
Jan S.
  • UNIT
SN Section SOE
  • RANK
Second Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
  • AWARD
Officer of the Order of the British Empire,Member of the Order of the British Empire
  • PLACE
Norway 1943
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Kompani Linge
from Oslo,Norway
age 25
attended ILA School,Oslo
served in military
studied cartography at Wetzlar,Germany 1938 (graduated 1939)
Junior Officer School,Fredrikstad 1940
joined Norwegian Army 9.4.1940
joined Kompani Linge 1942
escaped from ambush of M/K Brattholm I and evaded
also award St Olav's Medal (Norway)
married Evie Miller of New York 1951 (died 1950s) (1 daughter Liv)
married Terese Balmesita 1959 (resided Tenerife)
died 30.12.1987 Baereia
ashes buried Manndalen,Norway
his story told in "Defiant Courage : Norway's Longest WWII Escape" (A.S.Scott and Dr T.Haug) 2000
M.B.E. (London Gazette) 27.4.1944
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