(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Rudolf Junker
Born: 12 Mar 1895 in Darmstadt
Died: 21 Jun 1980 in Essen-Kettwig
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (03 Apr 1914); Leutnant zur See (18 Sep 1915); Oberleutnant zur See (14 May 1921); Kapitänleutnant (01 May 1925); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1933); Fregattenkapitän (01 Jan 1937); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1938); Konteradmiral (01 Dec 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training (01 Apr 1913-09 May 1913)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hertha’ (10 May 1913-31 Mar 1914)
Naval-School Mürwik (01 Apr 1914-01 Aug 1914)
On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser’ (02 Aug 1914-03 Aug 1914)
With the XIV. Sea-Defence-Battalion (04 Aug 1914-05 Aug 1914)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Frauenlob’ (06 Aug 1914-06 Aug 1915)
Signals-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Elbing’ (04 Sep 1915-31 May 1916)
Signals-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Graudenz’ (11 Jul 1916-01 Jun 1917)
Watch, Torpedo, Artillery-Officer and Commandant of the Torpedo-Boats ‘V 43’ and ‘S 49’ (02 Jun 1917-21 Jun 1919)
In Captivity (21 Jun 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Released and Placed to the Disposal of the Admiralty (01 Feb 1920-10 May 1920)
Ordinance-Officer with the Ships-Cadre-Detachment of the North Sea (11 May 1920-04 Jul 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander of Sea Forces of the North Sea (05 Jul 1920-26 Jul 1920)
Commandant of the 8th Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (27 Jul 1920-28 Sep 1921)
Company-Officer and Adjutant with the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (29 Sep 1921-07 Oct 1923)
Watch-Officer with the 4th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (08 Oct 1923-31 Dec 1923)
Watch-Officer and Commandant with the 3rd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (01 Jan 1924-28 Sep 1925)
Commandant of the 4th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (29 Sep 1925-23 Sep 1926)
Torpedo-Officer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (24 Sep 1926-19 Sep 1927)
Instructor at the Torpedo and Signals School, at the same time, Leader of the Torpedo-School (20 Sep 1927-22 Sep 1929)
Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Torpedo and Signals School (23 Sep 1929-20 Mar 1932)
Torpedo-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (21 Mar 1932-23 Sep 1932)
Navigation-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (24 Sep 1932-18 Jan 1933)
First Officer on the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (19 Jan 1933-01 Apr 1933)
Navigation-Officer on the Armoured-Ship ‘Deutschland’ (01 Apr 1933-23 Sep 1934)
Advisor in the Naval-Weapons-Department, Naval Command, from 11/01/1936 OKM (24 Sep 1934-30 Sep 1937)
Chief of Office-Group Underwater-Weapons, Naval Weapons Office, OKM (01 Oct 1937-28 Jan 1938)
Chief of the Department for Underwater Weapons, Naval Weapons Office, OKM (29 Jan 1938-02 Nov 1938)
Chief Of Staff of the Inspection Of Torpedo Affairs (03 Nov 1938-17 Mar 1943)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector and President of the Torpedo-Test-Command (20 Mar 1939-25 Mar 1939)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector and President of the Torpedo-Test-Command (05 Jun 1939-17 Jun 1939)
Commander of the Torpedo-Test-Institute Eckernförde (18 Feb 1943-03 Dec 1944)
Inspector Of Torpedo Affairs (04 Dec 1944-21 Sep 1945)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the Office for Torpedo Weapons, Kriegsmarine-Armaments, OKM (01 Jun 1945-21 Sep 1945)
In Captivity (21 Sep 1945-18 Apr 1947)
Released (18 Apr 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (22 Aug 1944)


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