(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Admiraloberstabsarzt Prof.Dr.Med. Sigmund Moosauer
Born: 13 Mar 1877 in Dingolfing, Bavaria (Bayern)
Died: 20 Apr 1944 in Berlin
Honorary Professor For Military-Medical-Affairs: 11 Apr 1939 at Berlin University
Promotions:
Marineunterarzt (08 May 1903); Marineassistenzarzt (27 Sep 1903); Marineoberassistenzarzt (21 Mar 1905); Marinestabsarzt (15 Jul 1908); Marineoberstabsarzt (09 Jun 1914); Marinegeneraloberarzt (01 Jun 1924); Marinegeneralarzt (01 May 1926); Marinegeneralstabsarzt (01 Jan 1928); Charakter als Admiralarzt (01 Apr 1934); Admiralarzt (01 Jan 1936); Admiraloberstabsarzt (01 Oct 1938)
Career:
Entered the Royal Bavarian Army as a One-Year-Volunteer (01 Apr 1900)
Entered the Navy as a One-Year-Volunteer Medic (01 Apr 1903)
Transferred to the Active-Medical-Corps and Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea then Assistant-Medic on the Liner 'Kaiser Karl der Große' (08 May 1903-15 Dec 1903)
Assistant-Medic on the Liner 'Mecklenburg' (16 Dec 1903-31 Mar 1905)
Assistant-Medic on the Torpedo-School-Ship 'Blücher' (01 Apr 1905-31 Mar 1906)
Departed to Shanghai with the 'Borussia' (13 May 1906-05 Jun 1906)
Ships-Medic on the Cannon-Boat 'Vaterland' (06 Jun 1906-01 Nov 1907)
Returned Home from East Asia and Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (00 Nov 1907-30 Sep 1908)
Battalion-Medic of the 2nd Battalion of the II. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1908-31 Mar 1911); Ships-Medic on the Small Cruiser 'Berlin' (01 Apr 1911-30 Sep 1912)
Ships-Medic on the Small Cruiser 'Straßburg' (01 Oct 1912-31 Oct 1912)
Ships-Medic on the Liner 'Kaiser' (01 Nov 1912-31 Mar 1913)
Detached to University in Breslau (01 Apr 1913-00 Aug 1914)
Detachment-Leader on the Naval-Hospital-Ship 'Frankfurt' (00 Aug 1914-00 Feb 1915)
Chief-Medic of the Quarantine-Institute Cuxhaven (00 Feb 1915-00 Jun 1915)
Ships-Medic on the Heavy Cruiser 'Goeben'/'Yavuz Sultan Selim' (00 Jun 1915-00 Jul 1918)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Constantinople (00 Jul 1918-02 Nov 1918)
Returned Home from Turkey, Granted Leave then Assigned as Senior-Medic with the Commanding-Battalion of the the Baltic Sea (03 Nov 1918-13 Jul 1920)
Senior-Medic at the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (14 Jul 1920-31 Mar 1923)
At the same time, Acting Court Medic of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (13 Jun 1921-17 Jul 1921)
Division-Medic of the Ships-Cadre-Division Of The Baltic Sea, also Location-Medic in Kiel and in the Personnel-Office of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Apr 1923-31 Mar 1924)
Formation-Medic in the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief Sea Forces (01 Apr 1924-31 Mar 1925)
Fleet-Medic, Fleet-Command (01 Apr 1925-31 Mar 1926)
Chief of the Medical-Office and Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Apr 1926-12 Sep 1927)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of Naval Command (13 Sep 1927-31 Dec 1927)
Chief of the Medical-Department, Naval Command, from 11 Jan 1936, OKM (01 Jan 1928-31 Mar 1939)
Chief of the Naval-Medical-Office, OKM (01 Apr 1939-31 Dec 1939)
At the same time, Medical-Chief of the Reichsmarine then Kriegsmarine (01 Jan 1928-31 Dec 1939)
Retired (31 Dec 1939)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine without Mobilisation (01 Jan 1940)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern und mit der Krone
- Hanseatenkreuz
- Türkischer Silberne Imtiaz-Medaille mit Säbeln
- Türkischer Medschidie-Orden, 3. Klasse mit Säbeln
- Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond


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