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Admiraloberstabsarzt Prof.Dr.Med. Alfred Fikentscher
Born: 30 Apr 1888 in Augsburg
Died: 10 Jan 1979 in Kiel
Promotions:
Marineunterarzt (11 May 1914); Marineassistenzarzt (14 Jul 1914); Marineoberassistenzarzt (16 Jul 1915); Marinestabsarzt (19 Apr 1918); Marineoberstabsarzt (01 Jan 1928); Marinegeneraloberarzt (01 Oct 1932); Geschwaderarzt (01 Apr 1934); Flottenarzt (01 Oct 1935); Admiralarzt (01 Nov 1938); Admiralstabsarzt (01 Nov 1939); Admiraloberstabsarzt (01 Sep 1942)
Career:
Entered the Army as a One-Year-Volunteer with the Infantry-Leib-Regiment of the Royal Bavarian Army (01 Apr 1910)
Entered the Navy as a One-Year-Volunteer (01 Apr 1914)
Transferred to the Active-Officer-Corps and with the I. Sailor-Division (11 May 1914-01 Aug 1914); Half-Flotilla-Medic with the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (02 Aug 1914-00 Apr 1916)
Auxiliary-Medic on the Heavy Cruiser 'Seydlitz' (00 Apr 1916-21 Jun 1919)
At the same time, Detached as Auxiliary-Medic on the Mine-Cruiser 'Brummer' (00 May 1917-00 May 1917)
POW, then Returned Home and Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Admiralty (21 Jun 1919-20 Apr 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (21 Sep 1920-05 Oct 1920)
With the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik then with the Personnel-Office Baltic Sea and District-Medic Hulk 'Kronprinz' (06 Oct 1920-29 Nov 1921)
At the same time, Acting-Garrison-Medic Friedrichsort (15 Dec 1920-13 Jan 1921)
At the same time, Acting-Ships-Medic on the Cruiser 'Medusa' (17 Dec 1920-05 Jan 1921)
At the same time, Acting-Naval-Family-Medic Kiel (20 Jan 1921-18 Feb 1921)
At the same time, Acting-Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Mürwik (23 May 1921-21 Jun 1921)
At the same time, Acting-Chief-Medic of the Naval-Convalescent-Home Holsteinische Schweiz (14 Jul 1921-12 Aug 1921)
At the same time, Acting-Battalion-Medic of the Infantry-Battalion, Stralsund (06 Sep 1921-29 Nov 1921)
Battalion-Medic of the Infantry-Battalion (30 Nov 1921-31 Mar 1922)
Battalion-Medic of the 2nd Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Apr 1922-24 Apr 1923)
At the same time, Chief Medical Officer at the Naval-Hospital-Battalion Stralsund (01 Oct 1922-24 Apr 1923)
Medical Service in Berlin (01 May 1925-30 Sep 1925)
Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea, Detached to the University Ophthalmic Clinic Berlin (01 Oct 1925--5 Oct 1928)
Senior-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik and also Acting-Ships-Medic on the Liner 'Hessen' (06 Oct 1928-26 Sep 1929)
At the same time, Senior-Medic at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (06 Oct 1928-02 Jan 1930)
At the same time, Senior-Medic at the Ship-Artillery-School (01 Nov 1928-29 Mar 1932)
At the same time, Acting-Division-Medic of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Jul 1930-10 Jul 1930)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (30 Mar 1932-18 Jun 1936)
At the same time, Chief Medic at the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (30 Mar 1932-30 Sep 1932)
Medic with Fleet-Command (19 Jun 1936-28 Oct 1938)
Station-Medic and Chief of the Medical-Office of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (31 Oct 1938-26 Nov 1939)
Chief of the Naval-Medical-Office (27 Nov 1939-31 Dec 1939)
Chief of the Naval-Medical-Office and Medical-Chief of the Kriegsmarine, OKM (01 Jan 1940-30 Nov 1943)
Retired (30 Nov 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine without being Mobilised (01 Dec 1943)

Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 21.09.1943 als Admiraloberstabsarzt und Chef des Marinemedizinalamtes und Sanitätschef der Kriegsmarine
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern


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