Thomas Valentin "Valla" Aass was a Norwegian sailor and civil servant in the foreign service.
He was born in Kristiania as a son of wholesaler Julius Aas and Hulda Mathilde Olsen. In 1923 he married lighthouse director's daughter Ingeborg Horn. Wikipedia
Born: April 28, 1887, Oslo, Norway
Died: August 14, 1961 (age 74 years), Oslo, Norway
Teammates: Andreas Brecke, Christian Jebe, and Torleiv Corneliussen
Education: University of Oslo