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Peder Andreas Svane Homme |
| Fødsel |
29 Mar 1894 |
Fevik, Aust-Agder, Norway  [1] |
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Homme, Peder Andreas Svane - Fødsel-Dåp (Fjære, Aust-Agder Klokkerbok 1894)
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| Dåp |
20 Mai 1894 |
Fjære Kirke, Aust-Agder, Norway [1] |
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Mann |
| Folketelling |
1900 |
Fevik, Aust-Agder, Norway |
| https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01037200003469 |
| Passasjerliste |
11 Jun 1914 |
Fremantle, Australia [2] |
Name: Peter Homme
Gender: Male
Departure Place: Montevideo, Uruguay
Arrival Date:
11 Jun 1914
Arrival Place: Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Vessel: Sofie |
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Sofie SV
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Peder Andreas Svane Homme (1894-1966) - Passenger List, Arrival in Fremantle Australia on the 11th of June 1914 (Fremantle, Western Australia, Passenger Lists, 1897-1963)
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| Passasjerliste |
12 Jun 1914 |
Fremantle, Australia [2] |
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Peder Andreas Svane Homme (1894-1966) - Passenger List, Departure from Fremantle, Australia on the 12th of June 1914 (Fremantle, Western Australia, Passenger Lists, 1897-1963)
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| Statsborgerskap |
23 Feb 1917 |
Australia |
| Magasin / Avisoppslag |
24 Okt 1932 |
Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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Peder Andreas Svane Homme (1894-1966) - A Whaling he would go (Daily News (Perth, WA 1882-1955), Monday 24 October 1932)
A ‘Whaling He Would Go - Adventurous Days in Peace and War
Perth Man Tells His Story
Adventurous Days as a member of a whaling fleet operating in the Arctic, in the Antarctic and off the coast of Africa; a voyage around the world before the mast in out of the few remaining full-rigged barques; under suspicion as a spy when unable to speak one word of English; three years of war service with the A.I.F. in France, and exciting days with the whaling fleet in the shark-infested waters off Point Cloates; such are a few of the incidents in the career of Peter Homme, formerly of Norway, but now of Beaufort-street, Perth. Although aged only 38, “Peter the Whaler,” as, he has been dubbed, has crammed into his life more adventure than befalls the average man of twice that age.
Born and reared in the prosperous town of Arendal, Peter attended the local school until 14 years old. His birthplace, one of the most important seaports of Norway, was situate on the banks of the Skaggerak and built on numerous islands and rocks projecting out into the sea. Like the majority of Norwegian youngsters Peter's earliest thoughts were of the seas and the roving life to be led afloat. Compelled by law to remain at school until 14 years old, he took the first opportunity of engaging in the life for which his heart craved.
A Youngster Afloat
Offered a position on one of a fleet of “chasers” bound for the Arctic Peter jumped at the chance, and his eyes sparkling at the prospect of the exciting days that lay ahead took leave of his parents and set out on the first of what was to prove a series of hunts after the huge mammals that were to be found in the vicinity of Iceland. The days that followed were full of interest for the young whaler.
The cruise of 570 miles to Iceland saw the crew and the factory hands complete their preparations for the busy times that were to come. Gear had to be prepared, harpoons attended to, and the hundred and-one things that were essential on such a voyage had to be completed, so that no time might be lost once the whales had been encountered. The fleet of plunging chasers landed their factory hands the deep-bayed shores of Ice land, and the search for the monsters of the deep began. Came the cries of “Thar she blows” and the deep-throated roar of bursting grenades and sizzling harpoons ; huge sea-monsters quivering in their death agonies, and huge carcases left to float until claimed and hauled to the factory by larger craft while the smaller chasers pursued their search for further victims.
Those were the days of great excitement for Peter. Everything had the touch of novelty, and his interest was heightened accordingly. The days brought unremitting toil. The spoils of the chase had to be towed ashore and treated in the factory. The huge whales were handled deftly, and “scrapped” with amazing rapidity. Powerful machinery aided the workers to separate the blubber from the skeleton. Razor-edged flensing knives stripped off the large masses of blubber and cut the oily flesh into smaller sections suitable for the boilers. Barrels and barrels of whale oil, tons and tons of whale bone, and still more tons of meat and manure represented what had once been the most powerful creature that the sea could boast.
Down to Boss Sea
Those busy days were followed by nights of equal interest. Veterans of the whaling fleet told their tales of adventure on the seven seas, while round eyed youngsters listened, thrilled to the marrow. To the north the tremulous rays of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights flickered attractively, fully justifying the descriptive term of “merry dancers” which has been applied to them.
Laden with oil after a successful season in the Arctic, the fleet returned to Arendal and Peter once more took up his residence with his shoemaker father and sisters and brothers. But the commonplace life of suburbia was not for him. He lusted for the life of the sea and craved to be afloat again, and seized on the first chance to follow the life that he preferred. The passing years saw his ambitions realised. As a member of various whaling fleets, he voyaged to the far south and to West Africa. In the Ross Sea and near South Georgia, the fleets treated their catches in huge floating factories that marked a distinct departure in practice from the more usual type land stations. The chasers made their kills and, after inflating the carcases with air and leaving a flag to indicate the name of the particular ship concerned, hurried off to add further monsters to their “bag.”
Peter was seeing life in plenty. From the chilly wastes of the Arctic, to the heat-ridden tropics and sub-tropics would seem a change sufficient for any man, but he was eager to see more of the world.
His War Adventures
From the Ross Sea he shipped to South America and joined up as a member of the crew of the full-rigged barque “Sofie,” which sailed for Western Australia. He arrived at Fremantle a few weeks after the Great War had started. The “Sofie” ended its career at Fremantle, where it was converted into a coal-hulk. Peter could not speak English and being paid off immediately after his arrival in port, was truly a stranger in a strange land. With a few companions, he walked from Perth to Bunbury, and at that southern seaport he made for a Norwegian sailing ship then in port and secured some much needed food.
In the course of his long trek to Bunbury, he was suspected on several occasions of being a spy. Western Australians were in the mood, then, to seek out any suspicious identity who might possibly be sending information to the enemy, and Peter aroused plenty of suspicion by reason of his strange accent. In fact, he was detained at one railway centre and looked like being placed under arrest until a friend came to the rescue and explained his case to the local authorities.
Peter and his companions secured some work and earned sufficient money to undertake a railway trip to the wheat belt, where better opportunities seemed to be. Each man saved £1, and they travelled as far as that would take them. Surely a novel way of deciding so portentous a question!
With The A.I.F.
By 1916, Peter had gained such a knowledge of English that he was accepted for service with the A.I.F. He had made several earlier attempts to enlist but had been rejected because he knew practically nothing of the language of the country in whose cause he had offered his services. The spirit was willing, but (strange thought for an Anzac) the language was weak.
He spent three years abroad with, the 11th Battalion, and on his return learned the trade of a stonemason. In the meantime, he served at the Point Cloates whaling station, and there again had his share of adventure. The conditions were considerably different from those encountered in the search for whales in the other seas he has visited. Hordes of ravenous sharks added to the danger. No sooner was a whale brought to the vicinity of the station than it attracted hundreds of awesome-looking sharks, which tore the oily, blubber to pieces with their powerful jaws. Peter had his share of thrills at Point Cloates.
At Point Cloates
Seated in a rowing-boat, with a rifle man at work in the bow and hundreds of business-like sharks swirling nearby, he “had his moments.” The rifleman's aim was amiss on occasions, and a wounded shark blundering in circles at high speed sometimes missed the frail craft by inches only. Peter told of a man who actually fell into the water when securing a chain that attached a whale to the station buoy. Fortunately his immersion was a brief one, the speed with which he regained his position on the buoy putting many an Olympic record to shame !
To listen to Peter for a few minutes is to hear, enthralling tales of famous characters associated with the whaling industry, and of such outstanding skippers as “Mark” Olsen, who was a well known identity at Point Cloates. Stories of finds of the coveted ambergris, of encounters with wounded whales, of bulwarks stove in by flips of the monsters' tails, flow from his lips as he recalls the adventures of an interesting life.
Now aged 38, Peter has crowded into his life a wealth of incident and plenty of excitement. He now follows the more prosaic life of a stonemason and enjoys the quiet of domesticity. But his eyes light up, and his quaint Norwegian accent returns, as he tells of the exciting days afloat in search of the living treasure-houses of the deep. |
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Stonemason |
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20 Mai 1966 |
Manning, New South Wales, Australia |
| Begravelse |
Karrakatta cemetery, City of Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia |
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Peder Andreas Svane Homme (1894-1966) - Gravstøtte ved Karrakatta Cemetery (i)
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Peder Andreas Svane Homme (1894-1966) - Gravstøtte ved Karrakatta Cemetery (ii)
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 Søsken |
5 brødre og 2 søstre |
| + | 1. Aksel Friis Homme, f. 27 Jan 1888, Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway d. 20 Aug 1970, Burtonsville, Alberta, Canada (Alder 82 år)
▻ Emma Catherine Walker, g. 30 Nov 1916 | | + | 2. Margit Omine Homme, f. 6 Jun 1889, Fevik, Aust-Agder, Norway d. 17 Apr 1963, Vik, Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway (Alder 73 år)
▻ Severin Johan Sverdrup Sørensen, g. 9 Feb 1913 | | | 3. Ole Martin Homme, f. 5 Des 1890, Vik, Fevik, Aust-Agder, Norway d. 4 Feb 1917, Fevik, Aust-Agder, Norway (Alder 26 år) | | | 4. Gustav Adolf Homme, f. 28 Jul 1892, Fevik, Aust-Agder, Norway d. 30 Mar 1965, Fevik, Aust-Agder, Norway (Alder 72 år) | | + | 5. Peder Andreas Svane Homme, f. 29 Mar 1894, Fevik, Aust-Agder, Norway d. 20 Mai 1966, Manning, New South Wales, Australia (Alder 72 år)
▻ Vera Pearl Barber, g. 27 Mar 1929 | | + | 6. Trygve Lund Homme, f. 8 Jul 1896, Fevik, Aust-Agder, Norway d. 14 Aug 1980, Grimstad Sykehjem, Aust-Agder, Norway (Alder 84 år)
▻ Göta Augusta Nilsson, g. 2 Apr 1919 | | | 7. Anna Lilly Homme, f. 24 Sep 1898, Fevik, Aust-Agder, Norway d. 21 Des 1937, Furukollen tuberkulosesanatorium, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway (Alder 39 år) | | | 8. Arthur Homme, f. 1 Sep 1900, Fevik, Aust-Agder, Norway d. 1 Jan 1938, Brooklyn Docks, New York, USA (Alder 37 år) |
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| Halvsøsken |
2 halvbrødre og 1 halvsøster (familie til Ole Andreas Andreassen Homme og Omine Ovidia Petterdatter Veisdal) |
| + | 1. Gerhardine Amalie Homme, f. 8 Apr 1877, Hidra, Vest-Agder, Norway d. 2 Apr 1955, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway (Alder 77 år)
▻ Lars Larsen Tangen, g. 8 Aug 1899 | | | 2. Peter Martin Homme, f. 21 Jul 1879, Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway d. 18 Feb 1881, Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway (Alder 1 år) | | | 3. Peter Martin Homme, f. 27 Des 1881, Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway d. 12 Aug 1882, Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway (Alder 0 år) |
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| Person ID |
I61 |
Servan Homme |
| Sist endret |
31 Des 2022 |
Slektstavle til 
1894 - 1966 (72 år)
Har 347 aner og 20 etterkommere i Familietreet.
Ole Andreas Andreassen Homme, f. 17 Mar 1849, Omland, Fjotland, Vest-Agder, Norway 
Ida Marie Homme, f. 1 Jan 1930, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 
