(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Admiralarzt Dr.med. Hans-Releff Riege
Born: 23 Apr 1892 in Lüdingworth by Cuxhaven
Died: 27 May 1941 On Board the Battleship 'Bismarck' in the Atlantic (KIA)
Promotions:
Marinefeldunterarzt (10 Dec 1914); Marinefeldhilfsarzt (13 Jul 1916); Marineunterarzt der Reserve (30 May 1919); Marineassistenzarzt (26 Jan 1920); Marineoberassistenzarzt (01 Apr 1921); Marinestabsarzt (01 Jul 1922); Marineoberstabsarzt (01 Apr 1929); Geschwaderarzt (01 Apr 1935); Flottenarzt (01 Jan 1937); Admiralarzt (posthumous) (01 Nov 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army as a One-Year-Volunteer with the 5th Pommeranian 42nd Infantry-Regiment Prinz Moritz von Anhalt-Dessau (01 Apr 1911-30 Sep 1911)
Discharged to Reserve (30 Sep 1911)
Entered the Navy as a Medic with the II. Shipyard-Division then Field-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (16 Aug 1914-09 Sep 1914)
With the II. Battalion of bthe 1st Sailor-Regiment, Naval-Corps Flaunders (10 Sep 1914-19 Dec 1914)
With the II. Battalion of the 1st Naval-Infantry-Regiment, Naval-Corps Flaunders (20 Dec 1914-13 Jan 1915)
With the II. Battalion of the 1st Sailor-Artillery-Regiment, Naval-Corps Flaunders (14 Jan 1915-10 Oct 1915)
With Naval-War-Hospital I then Detached to the Hygienist of the Naval-Corps Flaunders (11 Oct 1915-13 Jul 1916)
Detached to the Garrison-Medic Wilhelmshaven (14 Jul 1916-20 Oct 1917)
Auxiliary-Medic on the Small Cruiser 'Graudenz' (21 Oct 1917-05 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the North Sea, Granted Leave for Studies (06 Nov 1918-30 Apr 1919)
Detached to the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Academy (01 May 1919-30 Sep 1919)
With the I. Sailor-Division then Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (01 Oct 1919-26 Jun 1920)
Assistent-Medic with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion V (27 Jun 1920-14 Nov 1920)
Watch Medic at the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (15 Nov 1920-23 Nov 1920)
With the Personnel-Office of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (24 Nov 1920-08 Feb 1921)
With the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (09 Feb 1921-03 Mar 1921)
With the Personnel-Office of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (04 Mar 1921-14 Jun 1921)
Auxiliary-Medic with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion I (15 Jun 1921-09 Oct 1922)
Ships-Medic on the Cruiser 'Hansa' (10 Oct 1922-30 Sep 1923)
Detached to the University-Clinic in Kiel (01 Oct 1923-30 Sep 1925)
Detached to the Tropical-Institute in Hamburg (05 Oct 1925-12 Dec 1925)
Ships-Medic on the Cruiser 'Hamburg' (13 Dec 1925-31 Mar 1927)
Senior-Medic at the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (01 Apr 1927-02 Jan 1930)
At the same time, Battalion-Medic of the I. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division Of The North Sea (25 Sep 1928-24 Mar 1929)
Ships-Medic on the Liner 'Elsaß' (03 Jan 1930-25 Feb 1930)
Ships-Medic on the Liner 'Schleswig-Holstein' (25 Feb 1930-27 Sep 1930)
In the Naval-Medical-Department, Naval Command (28 Sep 1930-28 Sep 1933)
Advisor G 1 in the Naval-Medical-Department, Naval Command, from 11 Jan 1936 OKM (29 Sep 1933-31 Mar 1939)
At the same time, Department-Chief in the Naval-Personnel-Department, OKM (01 Oct 1936-31 Mar 1939)
Chief of the Military Department, Naval-Medical-Office, OKM (01 Apr 1939-08 Dec 1939)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (09 Dec 1939-19 Dec 1940)
Medic with Fleet-Command (20 Dec 1940-27 May 1941)
Killed-in-Action On Board the Battleship 'Bismarck' in the Atlantic (27 May 1941)

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