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C.E. Wolderling		 OZD emblem

 

#2550
 
Carel Eduard Wolderling
 
March 11th 1919, Tjilatjap (Java) † 20 May 2000, Leidschendam

 

         
Ranks C.E. Wolderling (Photo: © Collection J.J. Kragten) Decorations
Adelborst year 1937 ON.4 Date ?
Ltz. III 1940, 1 Apr BK.3 1946, 13 Jun
Ltz. II 1942, 1 Apr BK.2 1944, 4 May
Ltz. I 1950, 1 Nov BK.1 1944, 20 Apr
Kapt.ltz. 1959, 1 Sep OHK.4  
Kaptz. 1965, 1 Jul  XXX  
Commo. 1969, 1 Nov KLO  
Honourable discharge 1970, 1 May MNSD  
     
       
       
       
         
Submarine Commands
Hr.Ms. "O 27"   1949, 1 September - 1949, 28 November
Hr.Ms. "O 24" 1949, 30 April - 1950, 23 June
Hr.Ms. "Dolfijn (2)"   1949, 28 November - 1950, 1 February
Hr.Ms. "Zeehond (2)" 1949, 28 November - 1950, 15 October
Hr.Ms. "Dolfijn (2)" 1950, 18 March - 1950, 25 September
Hr.Ms. "Zeehond (2)" 1951, 5 February - 1951, 27 February
Hr.Ms. "Dolfijn (2)"   1951, 24 April - 1951, 18 December
Hr.Ms. "Zeehond (2)" 1951, 24 April - 1953, 12 January
Hr.Ms. "Walrus (1)"   1953, 21 February - 1953, 13 October
Hr.Ms. "Dolfijn (2)"   1953, 12 November - 1953, 7 December

 

Chronology
1940, 8 April - 1940, 14 May   Gunboat Hr.Ms. "Johan Maurits van Nassau (1)",
 sunk on May 14th, off the Dutch coast, by German planes.
1940, 14 May       Picked up by rescue vessel "Dorus Rijkers" and fled to Portsmouth
 (England) on board torpedo boat Hr.Ms. "G 13"
1940, ? May - 1940, 14 August  Hr.Ms. "O 21"
? - <1941, 14 March Hr.Ms. "O 10"*
1942, 3 March - 1944, 22 March   Hr.Ms. "O 21"
 Also several times dropped off and picked up as NEFIS contact agent on
 the Eastern coast of Java and the Northern coast of Bali.
1949, 1 September - 1949, 28 November Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 27"
1949, 30 April - 1950, 23 June Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 24"
1949, 28 November - 1950, 1 February Cdt. Hr.Ms. "Dolfijn (2)"
1949, 28 November - 1950, 15 October Cdt. Hr.Ms. "Zeehond (2)"
1950, 18 March - 1950, 25 September Cdt. Hr.Ms. "Dolfijn (2)"
1951, 5 February - 1951, 27 February Cdt. Hr.Ms. "Zeehond (2)"
1951, 24 April - 1951, 18 December   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "Dolfijn (2)"
1951, 24 April - 1953, 12 January   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "Zeehond (2)"
1953, 21 February - 1953, 13 October   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "Walrus (1)" 
1953, 12 November - 1953, 7 December   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "Dolfijn (2)"
1963, 9 October - 1966, 23 May   Cdt. Submarine Service
1965, 23 April       First Submariner to receive the official Dutch Dolphins (flippers)
*This unconfirmed data is from the diary of Dirk van Beusekom.

 

Civilian career
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Related books and pages
Author of the book "De Onderzeedienst in de Tweede Wereldoorlog", 1964

 

Notes
Nickname: "Bruin"  (Brown) or "Bruintje", probably because of his skin colour

 

 

 

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Edited by co-webmaster Michael A. van der Hoeden.

Main sources: Various editions of the 'Gedenkboek Adelborsten Opleiding', 'Naamboek Officieren' and www.onderscheidingen.nl.

 

 

 

 

 

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