(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Johannes Strauch
Born: 29 Sep 1884 in Neisse, Silesia (Schlesien)
Died: 29 Dec 1957 in Bad Schwartau
Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1906); Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Oct 1906); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1908); Marineingenieuraspirant (01 Oct 1909); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (01 Oct 1912); Marineingenieur (30 Oct 1913); Marineoberingenieur (24 Apr 1916); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (18 Oct 1919); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Apr 1921); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Aug 1925); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Nov 1929); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Oct 1931); Charakter als Konteradmiral (Ing.) (30 Sep 1934); Konteradmiral (Ing.) z.V. (01 Apr 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranwärter with the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1905-02 Jan 1906)
On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser Karl der Große’ (03 Jan 1906-26 Sep 1906)
On Board the Liner ‘Lothringen’ (02 Oct 1906-29 Sep 1908)
Attended Engineer and Deck Officer School (06 Oct 1908-25 Sep 1909)
On Board the Torpedo-Boats ‘G 132’, ‘G 136’ and ‘V 181’ of the I. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1909-30 Sep 1910)
On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser Wilhelm II’ (01 Oct 1910-30 Sep 1911)
On Board the Liner ‘Deutschland’ (01 Oct 1911-09 May 1912)
On Board the Liner ‘Wittelsbach’ (10 May 1912-30 Sep 1912)
Attended Engineer and Deck Officer School (01 Oct 1912-30 Sep 1913)
Watch-Engineer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Moltke’ (01 Oct 1913-12 Dec 1918)
Chief Engineer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Moltke’ (13 Dec 1918-21 Sep 1919)
In Captivity (22 Jun 1919-05 Feb 1920)
Released and Placed to the Disposal of the Commander of Sea Forces of the Baltic Sea (06 Feb 1920-19 Jul 1920)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Medusa’ (20 Jul 1920-04 Jan 1921)
In the Welfare-Department in the Command of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (05 Jan 1921-04 Jan 1923)
Chief Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Thetis’ (05 Jan 1923-30 Nov 1924)
Technical Advisor in the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Dec 1924-27 Sep 1927)
Chief Engineer on the Liner ‘Hessen’ (28 Sep 1927-28 Sep 1929)
Inspection-Engineer in the Inspection of Training-Affairs of the Navy (29 Sep 1929-29 Sep 1932)
Station-Engineer of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (30 Sep 1932-30 Sep 1934)
Retired (30 Sep 1934)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine and Industry-Representative in Warsaw of OKW (22 Mar 1941-07 Nov 1944)
In the Office for Armaments and Military-Economics Kriegsmarine, OKM (08 Nov 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Retired (31 Jan 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
1914 EK I
1914 EK II


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