Benn
Bolt
Born in Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway
Son of Bjarne Bolt
and Laurine Evida (Stangeby) Bolt
Brother of
Thorstein Bolt
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 27
in At Sea
Profile last modified
| Created 25 May 2019
This page has been accessed 87 times.
Biography
Benn Bolt was a Prisoner of War during World War II.
Benn Bolt died as a prisoner of war on the Montevideo Maru during the Second World War.
Benn Bolt was born on 9 September 1914 in Sandefjord, Norway, the son of Bjarne Bolt and Laurine Elvida Stangeby. He was Second Officer on the "Herstein", a Norwegian registered freighter bombed and sunk by the Japanese in Rabaul Harbour in Jan 1942. He was captured at Rabaul, New Guinea and interned as a civilian prisoner. Norway and Japan were not beligerants, but his behaviour was considered hostile, possibly because his ship was assisting the Australian side.
He died on board the "Montevideo Maru" when it was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of the Philippines on 01 Jul 1942.
Sources
- Birth record - https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000022573450
- 1920 Norway Census - https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01073818009716
- "Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZZ-WTL : Sun Mar 10 23:30:18 UTC 2024), Entry for Benn Bolt, 1933. (ship "Grawville")
- "Massachusetts, Boston Crew Lists, 1917-1943", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CS4Z-N8PZ : Wed Mar 06 19:29:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Benn Bolt, 1936. (ship "Bronxville", father is also serving aboard)
- "United States, New England Passenger and Crew Lists, 1911-1954", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRK-GWHC : Mon Mar 11 00:46:26 UTC 2024), Entry for Benn Bolt, 1938.
- "Massachusetts, Boston Crew Lists, 1917-1943", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2BV-P2F1 : Thu Mar 07 05:07:52 UTC 2024), Entry for Benn Bolt, 1940. (ship "Herstein")
- Death Form - National Archives of Australia - Defence - General - Information of deaths for persons lost on the MONTEVIDEO MARU - https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=102239&S=20
- Krigsseilerregisteret - https://www.krigsseilerregisteret.no/en/sjofolk/229123/
Is Benn your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA
No known carriers of Benn's ancestors' DNA have taken a DNA test. Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
No known carriers of Benn's ancestors' DNA have taken a DNA test. Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured German connections: Benn is 35 degrees from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 34 degrees from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 33 degrees from Lucas Cranach, 33 degrees from Stefanie Graf, 33 degrees from Wilhelm Grimm, 31 degrees from Fanny Hensel, 35 degrees from Theodor Heuss, 25 degrees from Alexander Mack, 44 degrees from Carl Miele, 29 degrees from Nathan Rothschild, 33 degrees from Hermann Friedrich Albert von Ihering and 29 degrees from Ferdinand von Zeppelin on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.