(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Admiralarzt Dr.med. Hugo Caanitz
Born: 09 May 1895 in Artern, Thuringia (Thüringen)
Died: 28 Feb 1968 in Berlin
Promotions:
Marineunterarzt (01 Feb 1922); Marineassistenzarzt (01 Aug 1922); Marineoberassistenzarzt (01 Nov 1922); Marinestabsarzt (01 Jul 1925); Marineoberstabsarzt (01 Oct 1933); Geschwaderarzt (01 Oct 1937); Flottenarzt (01 Apr 1939); Admiralarzt (01 Feb 1944)
Career:
In Army Service (1914-1918)
Auxiliary-Medic in the Personnel-Office of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea and Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (01 Feb 1922-30 Sep 1923)
Assistant-Medic with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion I, and at the same time, in the Naval-Hospital Stralsund (01 Oct 1923-30 Sep 1924)
Battalion-Medic of the Coastal-Battalion V and in the Naval-Hospital Pillau (01 Oct 1924-17 Sep 1925)
Advisor in the Medical-Office in the Command of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (23 Sep 1925-02 Oct 1928)
Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea then of Naval Command, Detached to Berlin University (04 Oct 1928-29 Mar 1931)
Ships-Medic on the Cruiser 'Königsberg' (30 Mar 1931-28 Sep 1932)
Chief Medic of the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (29 Sep 1932-04 Apr 1937)
At the same time, Senior-Medic of the Naval-School Kiel (10 Apr 1934-22 Sep 1935)
At the same time, Senior-Medic of the Ship-Artillery-School (10 Apr 1934-30 Sep 1937)
At the same time, Advisor in the Medical-Office Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1936-17 Oct 2937)
Advisor in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (05 Apr 1937-17 Oct 1937)
Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Medical-Office of the Baltic Sea (18 Oct 1937-14 Jan 1940)
Chief of the Medical-Science-Department, Naval-Medical-Office, OKM (15 Jan 1940-08 Feb 1944)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Stralsung (15 Jan 1944-03 May 1945)
In Russian Captivity (03 May 1945-02 Oct 1953)
Released (02 Oct 1953)

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