(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Admiralarzt Dr.med. Wilhelm Brahms
Born: 14 Aug 1880 in Sande, Oldenburg
Died: 13 Dec 1966 in Bremen
Promotions:
Marineunterarzt der Reserve (01 Oct 1904); Marineassistenzarzt der Reserve (10 Dec 1904); Marineassistenzarzt (27 Apr 1907); Marineoberassistenzarzt (27 Apr 1907); Marinestabsarzt (22 Mar 1910); Marineoberstabsarzt (16 Nov 1917); Marinegeneraloberarzt (01 Apr 1927); Marinegeneralarzt (01 Jan 1928); Charakter als Marinegeneralstabsarzt (30 Sep 1930); Charakter als Admiralarzt (10 Oct 1939); Admiralarzt z.V. (01 Feb 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army as a One-Year-Volunteer then Discharged to the Reserve (01 Apr 1899)
Entered the Navy as a One-Year-Volunteer Naval-Medic then Transferred to the Reserve (01 Apr 1904-28 Sep 1906)
Transferred to the Active Naval-Medical-Officer-Corps and Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (28 Sep 1906-30 Nov 1906)
Auxiliary-Medic on the Liner ‘Schwaben’ (01 Dec 1906-31 Mar 1908)
Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea and Medical Officer of the 4th Half-Flotilla of the School-Flotilla (01 Apr 1908-14 Sep 1908)
Ships-Medic on the Small Cruiser ‘Pfeil’ (15 Sep 1908-31 Mar 1909)
Ships-Medic on the Small Cruiser ‘München’ (01 Apr 1909-31 Jan 1910)
Ships-Medic on the Small Cruiser ‘Nürnberg’ (01 Feb 1910-28 May 1912)
Returned Home from Tsingtau and Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (29 May 1912-13 Aug 1912)
Ships-Medic on the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (14 Aug 1912-28 Sep 1912)
Ships-Cadre ‘Stralsund’ (29 Sep 1912-09 Dec 1912)
Ships-Medic on the Small Cruiser ‘Stralsund’ (10 Dec 1912-25 Oct 1913)
Battalion-Medic of the 3rd Battalion of the II. Torpedo-Division and Medical Officer for School-Boats (26 Oct 1913-00 Aug 1914)
Detachment-Leader on the Auxiliary-Hospital-Ship ‘Portia’ (00 Aug 1914-00 Jul 1916)
Divisions-Medic of the II. Torpedo-Division (00 Jul 1916-00 Jul 1917)
Ships-Medic on the Heavy Cruiser '‘Moltke’ (00 Jul 1917-00 Nov 1918)
Senior-Medic in the Personnel-Office of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (1919-31 Mar 1922)
At the same time, Location-Medic Wilhelmshaven (1919-31 Dec 1922)
Division-Medic of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (01 Apr 1922-31 Dec 1922)
Formation-Medic in the Staff of the Commander of Sea Forces of the North Sea (01 Jan 1923-30 Sep 1923)
Shipyard-Senior-Medic of the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Oct 1923-31 Oct 1925)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (01 Nov 1925-31 Dec 1927)
Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea and Chief of the Medical-Office (01 Jan 1928-30 Sep 1930)
Retired (30 Sep 1930)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (10 Oct 1939)
Chief-Medic in the Naval-Hospital Bremen (01 Sep 1939-31 May 1941)
Chief-Medic in the Naval-Hospital Bedburg-Hau (01 Jun 1941-31 Jan 1944)
Retired (31 Jan 1944)

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