(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Admiralarzt Dr.med. Willy Mücke
Born: 20 Jul 1888 in Posen
Died: 02 Nov 1968 in Dornholzhausen, Hessen
Promotions:
Marineunterarzt (01 Aug 1913); Marineassistenzarzt (06 Sep 1913); Marineoberassistenzarzt (19 Sep 1914); Marinestabsarzt (24 Apr 1916); Marineoberstabsarzt (01 Jul 1926); Marinegeneraloberarzt (01 Apr 1931); Geschwaderarzt (01 Apr 1934); Flottenarzt (01 Oct 1934); Charakter als Admiralarzt (01 Apr 1939); Admiralarzt z.V. (01 Jun 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army as a One-Year-Volunteer in the Royal Prussian Army (01 Apr 1907)
Entered the Navy as a One-Year-Volunteer Medic, Auxiliary-Medic at the Naval-Hospital Kiel (10 Jun 1913-31 Jul 1913)
District-Medic with the II. Torpedo-Division (02 Aug 1913-30 Aug 1913)
Ship-Medic with the 11th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (31 Aug 1913-13 Sep 1913)
Auxiliary-Medic on Board the Liner 'Wittelsbach' (06 Oct 1913-01 Oct 1914)
Auxiliary-Medic on Board the Liner 'Friedrich der Große' (02 Oct 1914-20 Nov 1915)
Auxiliary-Medic with Naval-War-Hospital 1, Naval-Corps Flaunders (22 Nov 1915-22 Feb 1916)
Auxiliary-Medic with the I. Battalion, 2nd Naval-Infantry-Regiment, Naval-Corps Flaunders (23 Feb 1916-19 Jul 1916)
District-Medic in the Horse and Wagon Depot of the Naval-Corps Flaunders (20 Jul 1916-20 Aug 1916)
Senior-Medic of the II. Battalion, 1st Heavy Corps-Artillery-Regiment, Naval-Corps Flaunders (21 Aug 1916-30 Jun 1918)
Assistant of the Division-Medic of the II. Naval-Division, Naval-Corps Flaunders (28 Aug 1918-28 Dec 1918)
Senior-Medic of the IV. Sailor-Artillery-Battalion (29 Dec 1918-15 Feb 1919)
Senior-Medic of Fortress-Hospital Cuxhaven (16 Feb 1919-10 Apr 1920)
Ships-Medic with the 8th North-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (13 Apr 1920-14 Aug 1920)
Detached to the Mine-Cadre-Battalion (15 Aug 1920-10 Sep 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea and Auxiliary-Medic with the Soldier-Family-Medic in Wilhelmshaven (11 Sep 1920-19 Mar 1922)
Battalion-Medic of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion II (01 Apr 1922-30 Sep 1922)
Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Oct 1922-31 Oct 1922)
Advisor in the Staff of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Nov 1922-28 Sep 1924)
Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea, Detached to University-Infirmary Hamburg-Eppendorf (30 Sep 1924-05 Oct 1927)
Senior-Medic then Chief Medic of the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (06 Oct 1927-11 Oct 1934)
Shipyard-Senior-Medic, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (12 Oct 1934-00 Jan 1942)
Retired from Active Service and Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (30 Jun 1940)
Acting-Chief of the Medical-Office of the Naval-Station of the North-Seas and Station-Medic in Wilhelmshaven (21 Aug 1939-03 Sep 1939)
Chief of the Department for Medical-Services of Kriegsmarine-Operations, Naval-Medical-Office, OKM (00 Jan 1942-31 Mar 1945)
Retired (31 Mar 1945)

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