(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Admiralarzt Dr.med. Werner d'Hargues
Born: 28 Nov 1890 in Berlin
Died: 02 Aug 1972 in Kiel
Promotions:
Marinesanitätsmaat (16 Sep 1914); Marinefeldunterarzt (07 Oct 1914); Marinefeldhilfsarzt (13 Jul 1916); Marineunterarzt der Reserve (30 May 1919); Marineunterarzt (26 Jan 1920); Marineoberassistenzarzt (25 Jun 1921); Marinestabsarzt (01 Jun 1922); Marineoberstabsarzt (01 Jan 1929); Geschwaderarzt (01 Apr 1934); Flottenarzt (01 Oct 1936); Admiralarzt (01 Jan 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army as a One-Year-Volunteerwith the 2nd Royal Prussian Kaiser Franz Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (01 Apr 1911)
Entered Naval Service with the II. Shipyard-Division then with Fortress-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (18 Aug 1914-07 Oct 1914)
With the Fortress-Hospital of the Deck-Officer-School Wilhelmshaven (08 Oct 1914-26 Oct 1915); Auxiliary-Medic on Board the Liner 'Oldenburg' (27 Oct 1915-08 Aug 1916)
Ships-Medic on the Tender 'Fuchs' (12 Aug 1916-11 Jul 1917)
Ships-Medic on the Special-Ship 'Zieten' (12 Jul 1917-15 Apr 1918)
Ships-Medic on the Barrier-Hulk 'Baden' (16 Apr 1918-15 May 1918)
Auxiliary-Medic in the Quarantine-Institute, Fortress-Hospital Cuxhaven (15 May 1918-30 Oct 1918)
Detached to the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Academy, Berlin (01 Nov 1918-30 Nov 1919)
With the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (01 Dec 1919-26 Jul 1920)
Ships-Medic with the 6th Half-Flotilla (27 Jul 1920-18 May 1921)
With the Naval-School Mürwik, Detached to Sport-Course and with the Naval-Hospital Mürwik and then with the Torpedo-School on Board the Sail-Tender 'Niobe' (19 May 1921-04 Apr 1922)
Ships-Medic on the Sailing-School-Ship 'Niobe' (05 Apr 1922-15 Jul 1922)
Battalion-Medic of the I. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (17 Jul 1922-07 Mar 1923)
At the same time, Sport-Medic with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (27 Jul 1922-05 Feb 1924)
Detached for Service to the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven and Representing on the Liner 'Hannover', with the 4th Half-Flotilla and on the Cruiser 'Amazone' (06 Feb 1924-31 Mar 1924)
Ships-Medic on the Cruiser 'Berlin' (01 Apr 1924-19 Jun 1925)
Battalion-Medic of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion III (25 Jun 1925-30 Sep 1926)
Battalion-Medic of the I. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (01 Oct 1926-29 Mar 1927)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Sanatorium Holsteinische Schweiz (30 Mar 1927-28 Feb 1929)
Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea then of the Chief of Naval Command, Detached to the Berlin University (01 Mar 1929-28 Sep 1931)
Senior-Medic then Chief Medic of the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (29 Sep 1931-31 Jan 1934)
At the same time, Senior-Medic on the Naval-School Kiel and Ship-Artillery-School (27 Sep 1932-09 Apr 1934)
Medical-Officer with the Staff of the II. Admiral of the Baltic-Sea-Station (01 Feb 1934-25 Sep 1935)
Inspection-Medic of the Inspection of Training-Affairs of the Navy (26 Sep 1935-24 Oct 1938)
At the same time, Inspection-Medic of the Inspection of Torpedo and Mine Affairs (26 Sep 1935-05 Apr 1936)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the Medical-Office of the Baltic Sea (11 Aug 1937-11 Sep 1937)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the Medical-Office of the Baltic Sea (11 Feb 1938-22 Feb 1938)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (25 Oct 1938-09 Feb 1941)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the Medical-Office of the North Sea (31 Jul 1939-20 Aug 1939) Chief Medical Officer with the Staff of the Commanding Admiral France (13 Feb 1941-31 Aug 1942)
Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea ans Chief of the Medical-Office of the North Sea (01 Sep 1942-21 Jun 1943)
Chief of the Medical-Office of Naval-High-Command of the North Sea (22 Jun 1943-31 Mar 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of Naval-High-Command North Sea (01 Apr 1944-31 May 1944)
Retired and Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (31 May 1944)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Eindhoven (01 Jun 1944-17 Oct 1944)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Arendsee (18 Oct 1944-00 May 1945)
Retired (00 May 1945)

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