(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Georg Waue
Born: 01 Feb 1901 in Münster, Westphalia (Westfalen)
Died: 08 May 1945 in Pola, Istria, Yugoslavia (Shot)
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (13 Nov 1920); Oberfähnrich zur See (26 Jan 1923); Leutnant zur See (01 Apr 1923); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Jul 1925); Kapitänleutnant (01 Apr 1933); Korvettenkapitän (01 Jan 1937); Fregattenkapitän (01 Jun 1940); Kapitän zur See (01 Aug 1942); Konteradmiral (01 Mar 1945)
Career:
Entered the Navy as Seekadett, Attended Basic-Training at the Naval-School Mürwik (01 Jul 1918-30 Sep 1918)
On Board the Liner 'Schlesien' (01 Oct 1918-30 Nov 1918)
Granted Leave (01 Dec 1918-04 May 1919)
With the III. Naval-Brigade (05 May 1919-30 Jun 1920)
With the Ships-Cadre-Detachment Of The Baltic Sea then Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Jul 1920-09 Sep 1920)
With the Naval-School Mürwik (10 Sep 1920-31 Jul 1921)
On Board the School-Tender 'Niobe' (01 Aug 1921-30 Sep 1921)
With the Naval-School Mürwik (01 Oct 1921-14 Mar 1922)
With the Naval-Signals-Battalion (15 Mar 1922-30 Apr 1922)
On Board the Cruiser 'Medusa' (01 May 1922-02 Jan 1923)
Weapons-Course (03 Jan 1923-06 Aug 1923)
Company-Officer with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion III (07 Aug 1923-30 Mar 1924)
On Board the Cruiser 'Medusa' (31 Mar 1924-26 Sep 1924)
Ships-Cadre 'Hessen' (27 Sep 1924-05 Jan 1925)
On Board the Liner 'Hessen' (06 Jan 1925-01 Sep 1925)
Watch-Officer with the I. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (29 Sep 1925-23 Sep 1926)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat 'T 190' in the 1st Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (24 Sep 1926-10 Sep 1927)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat 'G 8' in the 1st Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (11 Sep 1927-25 Sep 1928)
1st Flag-Lieutenant, Fleet Command (26 Sep 1928-30 Sep 1931)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat 'T 151' (03 Oct 1931-28 Sep 1933)
Company-Leader in the Naval-School Mürwik (29 Sep 1933-29 Apr 1935)
Company-Leader in the 1st Naval-NCO-Instruction-Battalion (30 Apr 1935-17 Sep 1935)
Adjutant and Torpedo-Officer on the Cruiser 'Karlsruhe' (18 Sep 1935-28 Sep 1936)
Advisor in the Fleet and Naval-Defence Department, OKM (29 Sep 1936-04 May 1938)
Chief of the 4th Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (05 May 1938-03 Apr 1939)
Chief of the 6th Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (04 Apr 1939-04 Mar 1940)
2nd Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of Naval-Group-Command West (05 Mar 1940-05 Jun 1941)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of Naval-Group-Command West (06 Jun 1941-09 Mar 1942)
1sr Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of Naval-Group-Command North (02 Mar 1943-23 Oct 1943)
At the same time, 1st Admiral-Staff-Officer in Fleet Command (10 Mar 1942-23 Oct 1943)
Chief Of Staff of the Commanding Admiral Aegean (04 Nov 1943-23 Nov 1944)
Fortress-Commandant Pola (25 Nov 1944-08 May 1945)
Waue was shot after his surrender by the Yugoslavs in Pola. On 06 Jun 1950 his Date Of Death was fixed by the District-Court Bremerhaven at 08 May 1945

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (12 Dec 1943)


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