(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Admiralarzt Dr.med. Karl-Adalbert Kraft
Born: 24 Dec 1892 in Therwil, Schweiz
Died: 09 Feb 1943 in Hardinghen in Naval-Hospital
Promotions:
Gefreiter (26 Oct 1914); Unteroffizier (13 Nov 1914); Sanitäts-Vizefeldwebel (20 Nov 1916); Feldunterarzt (19 Apr 1917); Feldhilfsarzt (12 Oct 1918); Marineunterarzt (15 Jan 1922); Marineassistenzarzt (01 Apr 1922); Marineoberassistenzarzt (01 Jun 1922); Marinestabsarzt (01 Nov 1924); Marineoberstabsarzt (01 Aug 1931); Geschwaderarzt (01 Oct 1936); Flottenarzt (01 Oct 1938); Admiralarzt (01 Sep 1942)
Career:
Entered the Army as a One-Year-Volunteer with the 19th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1914-00 May 1915)
With the Reserve-Hospital Erlangen (00 May 1915-11 Oct 1916)
With the 7th then 25th Bavarian Field-Hospitals (12 Oct 1916-04 Jan 1918)
Battalion-Medic of the 7th then 25th Bavarian Infantry-Regiments (05 Jan 1918-14 Apr 1918)
Wounded, Stay in Hospital then transferred to Reserve-Hospital Nuremberg IV (15 Apr 1918-31 Jan 1919)
Retired (31 Jan 1919)
Volunteer in Freikorps Border-Protection East (Ritter von Epp) (09 Apr 1919-01 Jun 1919)
Entered Naval Service as an Auxiliary-Medic at the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (15 Jan 1922-23 Aug 1922)
Half-Flotilla-Medic of the 3rd Half-Flotilla and Flotilla-Medic of the I. Flotilla (24 Aug 1922-05 Apr 1923)
Auxiliary-Medic with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion VI (06 Apr 1923-03 Dec 1923)
Auxiliary-Medic with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion III, (04 Dec 1923-30 Mar 1924)
Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (31 Mar 1924-14 Nov 1924)
Ships-Medic on the Survey-Ship 'Meteor' (15 Nov 1924-12 Sep 1927)
Detached for Service to Naval Command (13 Sep 1927-15 Dec 1927)
Battalion-Medic of the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (16 Dec 1927-30 Sep 1929)
Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea and Detached to the University-Clinic Breslau (01 Oct 1929-31 Mar 1932)
Battalion-Medic of the II. Naval-Artillery-Battalion and Senior-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (01 Apr 1932-03 Apr 1933)
Chief Medic of the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (04 Apr 1933-31 Jan 1935)
At the same time, Battalion-Medic of the I. and II. Battalions of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea and Inspection-Medic of the Naval-Depot-Inspection (01 Apr 1934-31 Jan 1935)
At the same time, Senior-Medic of the Coastal-Artillery-School (01 Apr 1934-05 Oct 1936)
Location-Medic Wilhelmshaven and Chief Medic at the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (01 Feb 1935-05 Oct 1936)
Formation-Medic with the Commander of Reconnaissance-Forces (07 Oct 1936-21 Oct 1938)
Medical-Officer in the Staff of the 2nd Admiral of the Baltic Sea Station (22 Oct 1938-25 Oct 1939)
Formation-Medic with the Commander of Security of the Baltic Sea (22 Oct 1938-22 May 1940)
Chief Medical Officer with the Staff of the Commanding Admiral Norway (23 May 1940-21 Jan 1941)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital La Baule (22 Jan 1941-23 Aug 1942)
Chief Medical Officer with the Staff of the Commanding Admiral France (10 Sep 1942-16 Nov 1942)
Chief Medical Officer with the Staff of Naval-Group-Command West (16 Nov 1942-09 Feb 1943)
Died (09 Feb 1943)

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