Aart Hopman as a Lieutenant Commander, Royal Netherlands Navy, 1939-1952, and Royal Australian Navy 1954-1977, interviewed by Ian Fulton

Accession Number	S05091
Collection type	Sound
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	digital audio file; wave; 96kHz; 24 bit; stereo
Maker	Hopman, Aart Fulton, Ian Fulton, Ian
Date made	16 March 2011
Access	Open
Conflict	Period 1950-1959 Period 1970-1979 Period 1960-1969 Second World War, 1939-1945 Period 1940-1949
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Source credit to	AWM Oral History Program

Description

Aart Hopman was a submariner with the Royal Netherlands Navy and was based in Western Australia during the Second World War. He married an Australian girl and they later settled in Australia, where Aart joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). After a period of time at sea as the Captain of HMAS Emu, Aart was appointed as Assistant Director Naval Intelligence Technical (ADNIT), a position he held until he retired from the RAN in 1977.
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