(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Admiralarzt Dr.med. Otto Siegfried Tarnow
Born: 09 Sep 1893 in Bromberg, Posen
Died: 19 Apr 1963 in Wilhelmshaven
Promotions:
Feldhilfsarzt (06 Jul 1917); Marineunterarzt (15 Aug 1922); Marineassistenzarzt (01 Sep 1922); Marineoberassistenzarzt (01 Aug 1923); Marinestabsarzt (01 Oct 1925); Marineoberstabsarzt (01 Apr 1934); Geschwaderarzt (01 Oct 1937); Flottenarzt (01 Jan 1940); Admiralarzt (01 Mar 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army as a War Volunteer and Attended Training (04 Aug 1914-25 Oct 1914)
With the Reserve-Hospital Schöningen (26 Oct 1914-15 Nov 1914)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the Kaiser Alexander Guards-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1 (16 Nov 1914-29 Jul 1915)
With the Patient-Transportation-Unit of the Bug-Army (30 Jul 1915-18 Jan 1919)
Retired (18 Jan 1919)
Entered Naval Service with the Personnel-Office of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (15 Aug 1922-07 Oct 1922)
Auxiliary-Medic of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion I and with the Naval-Hospital-Department Swinemünde (09 Oct 1922-30 Sep 1923)
Half-Flotilla-Medic of the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (01 Oct 1923-03 Feb 1924)
Flotilla-Medic of the the I. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla and Half-Flotilla-Medic of the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (04 Feb 1924-06 Oct 1924)
With the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (07 Oct 1924-31 Mar 1925)
Ships-Medic of the Sailing-School-Ship 'Niobe' (01 Apr 1925-19 Mar 1926)
Soldier-Family-Medic in Kiel, with the Medical-Office of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (20 Mar 1926-28 Sep 1929)
At the same time, Acting-Soldier-Family-Medic Friedrichsort (21 Jun 1928-07 Jul 1928)
Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea then to the Disposal of Naval Command, Detached to the Infirmary Bethanien, Berlin (02 Oct 1929-29 Sep 1931)
Detached to Naval Command, Location-Medic Berlin (30 Sep 1931-01 Oct 1932)
Placed to the Disposal of Naval Command (02 Oct 1932-02 Nov 1932)
Ships-Medic of the Cruiser 'Köln' (03 Nov 1932-04 Feb 1934)
Chief Medic of the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (05 Feb 1934-31 Aug 1939)
Chief-Medic on the Hospital-Ship 'Robert Ley' (01 Sep 1939-31 Dec 1939)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Sanderbusch (05 Jan 1940-00 Feb 1943)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Simferopol (00 Feb 1943-25 Sep 1943)
Chief Medical Officer with the Admiral Black Sea (26 Sep 1943-30 Mar 1944)
Chief Medical Officer with Naval-Group-Command West (31 Mar 1944-20 Oct 1944)
Chief Medical Officer with Naval-High-Command West (20 Oct 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Chief of the Medical-Office, Naval-High-Command North Sea (01 Jan 1945-20 Jul 1945)
In Captivity (20 Jul 1945-18 Oct 1946)
Released (18 Oct 1946)

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