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Hammerich, Kai
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Personal Information |
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Full Name: |
Kai Hammerich |
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Date of Birth: |
August 16, 1894 |
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Place of Birth: |
Elsinore |
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Family
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Son
of Captain Jens Worsaae Hammerich and wife Louise (Vivi) Ernestine, born von
der Recke |
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Marriage: |
Married in Holmens kirke May 5, 1918 to Valborg Rump |
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Promotions |
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Date: |
Promotion: |
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1911 |
Naval Cadet |
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September 1, 1916 |
Sub
Lieutenant |
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August 1, 1917 |
Lieutenant |
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June 15, 1923 |
Lieutenant Commander |
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August 2, 1932 |
Commander |
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April 1, 1935 |
Commander (reserve) |
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February 1, 1940 |
Commander s.g. (reserve) |
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March 1, 1948 |
Captain (reserve) |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinctions |
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Date: |
Orders, Decorations &
Distinction: |
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April 2, 1937 |
Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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July 5, 1940 |
Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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March 31, 1949 |
Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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Military
Service |
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Military
Service: |
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1916-1917 |
1st
officer in the torpedo boat HAVØRNEN in the Danish Partly Mobilized
Forces |
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1917-1918 |
Adjutant in the 1st Squadron |
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1919 |
Trainee in submarines |
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1919-1923 |
2nd
Adjutant to the Secretary of Defense |
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1920-1921 |
On
the schooner
INGOLF to the Mediterranean and Madeira |
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1921-1922 |
Passed the Naval Academy |
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1922 |
On
the coast defense ship
PEDER SKRAM |
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May
21 1923
- May 25, 1923 |
Commanding Officer of the torpedo boat SÆLEN in the Training Flotilla
(see Additional Comments) |
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1924-1926 |
2nd
Adjutant to the Secretary of Defense |
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1926 |
CO
of the surveying ship MARSTRAND on fishery inspection in Danish
waters during the summer months |
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1927 and 1928 |
CO
of the inspection ship DIANA on fishery inspection in Danish waters
during the summer months |
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January 1, 1930
- June 1, 1932 |
On
leave |
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February 1, 1933
- October 1, 1934 |
Lightship's Inspector and commander of the light inspection vessel
ARGUS |
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March 3, 1935 |
Honor
full discharge on application as an officer of the line |
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June 7, 1937
- October 6, 1937 |
Commander of the light inspection vessel
ARGUS |
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August 8, 1938
- October 3, 1938 |
Commander of the light inspection vessel
ARGUS |
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June 1, 1939
- August 20, 1945 |
CO
of the Naval Transport services and chairman of the Ships Selection board |
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1950-1953 |
Expeditionary Commander for the Danish Expeditionary Forces on board the
hospital ship
JUTLANDIA to the Korean Peninsular |
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Other Achievements |
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Date: |
Achievement: |
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1913 |
Arts graduate qualifications in major subjects |
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January 1, 1928 |
Staff secretary of the "Kirkens Korshær" |
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1930-1940 |
Manager and chairman for the national board for the "Kirkens Korshær" |
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1936-1939 |
Member of the board for "Sømandshøjskolen" in Svendborg, Funen |
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1936-1944 |
Member of the board for the Danish Newspaper "Kristeligt Dagblad" |
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1936-11940 |
Member of the board for the "Dansk Bibelskole" |
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1941-1942 |
Secretary of the Secretary of Defense Committee for Lectures |
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1942-1953 |
Member of the board for "Dansk Sømandsmission" (from 1951 named Danish Naval
Church oversea) |
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1942-1954 |
Member of the board for the shipping company ANHOLT |
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1945-1949 |
Managing Director for the Danish Red Cross |
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1946-1950 |
Also president of the Danish Red Cross |
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1948-1950 |
Deputy Chairman of the "Civilforsvarsforbundet", (Civil Defense
Confederation ) |
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1948-1953 |
Chairman of the board for "Dansk Sømandsmission" (from 1951 named Danish
Naval Church oversea) |
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1950-1953 |
Together with his job as Expeditionary Commander for the Danish
Expeditionary Forces on board the hospital ship
JUTLANDIA to the
Korean Peninsular, he was the representative for the Danish Government to
make preparation for a Scandinavian Training Hospital in South Korea, and
also supervising the humanitarian aid performed by the Danish Red Cross in
South Korea |
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1958 |
Deputy chairman of the board for "Landforeningen for Ordblindesagen i
Danmark" (The National Association for Dyslexic Cause in Denmark) |
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1961-1963 |
Chairman of the board for "Landforeningen for Ordblindesagen i Danmark" (The
National Association for Dyslexic Cause in Denmark) |
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Additional Comments |
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Was
severely wounded, when
a smoke screen generator exploded on board the cruiser
GEJSER, on May 25,
1923. He was under medical treatment in both Denmark and England for
several years thereafter.
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can read the
complete story here |
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Editor of Korshærsbladet 1928-1939 and
the magazine Folk og
Værn 1941-1944, and have written a number of
different articles etc.,
and has been cowrither on a number of books (1932-1954) |
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& Autor of
Officiel beretning om Jutlandia Ekspeditionen,
Copenhagen, 1954 |
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& Autor of Af mit livs drama,
Frimodts Forlag, Copenhagen 1961 |
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& Autor of Åge Falk Hansen,
1961 |
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& Autor of Det angår os alle,
1962 |
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Death |
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Date: |
Cemetery: |
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May
5, 1963 |
Funeral held at Holmens kirke and later buried at Bispebjerg cemetery |
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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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Officiel beretning om Jutlandia Ekspeditionen,
by the Expedition Commander, Captain Kai Hammerich,
Copenhagen, 1954 |
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Under tre flag - Med Jutlandia til Korea,
by Anders Georg, Samlerens Forlag, Copenhagen, 1951 |
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44You are also referred to the
Naval Bibliography |
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