(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Kurt von dem Borne
Born: 24 Nov 1885 in Bromberg, Posen
Died: 31 Jan 1946 in Russian Captivity
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (11 Apr 1905); Leutnant zur See (28 Sep 1907); Oberleutnant zur See (27 Mar 1909); Kapitänleutnant (17 Jun 1915); Fregattenkapitän (L) then (E) (01 Oct 1933); Kapitän zur See (E) (01 Apr 1936); Konteradmiral (01 Jul 1940); Vizeadmiral (01 Sep 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and was On Board the School-Ship ‘Stosch’ (06 Apr 1904-31 Mar 1905)
Attended Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1905-30 Sep 1906)
On Board the Liner ‘Lothringen’ (01 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1907)
On Board the School-Ship ‘König Wilhelm’ (01 Oct 1907-31 Mar 1908)
On Board the School-Ship ‘Charlotte’ (01 Apr 1908-31 Mar 1909)
Watch-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (01 Apr 1909-31 Mar 1910)
Company-Officer with the 1st Shipyard-Division (01 Apr 1910-20 Apr 1910)
Watch-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Blücher’ (21 Apr 1910-29 Sep 1911)
Watch-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Moltke’ (30 Sep 1911-30 Sep 1913)
Placed to the Disposal of the 1st Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1913-14 Jan 1914)
Artillery-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Karlsruhe’ (15 Jan 1914-04 Nov 1914)
Returned Home on the ‘Rio Negro’ (05 Nov 1914-21 Dec 1914)
Artillery-Officer on the Auxiliary-Cruiser ‘Vineta’ (22 Dec 1914-25 Jan 1915)
Placed to the Disposal Of the I. Naval-Inspection (09 Feb 1915-03 Mar 1915)
Artillery-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Regensburg’ (07 Mar 1915-28 May 1917)
Artillery-Instructor on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Kaiserin Augusta’ (29 May 1917-14 Jul 1917)
Ship’s-Cadre on the Small Cruiser ‘Cöln’ (15 Jul 1917-16 Jan 1918)
At the same time, Artillery-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Karlsruhe’ (05 Sep 1917-21 Sep 1917)
Artillery-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Cöln’ (17 Jan 1918-20 Sep 1918)
3rd Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Commander of the Torpedo-Force (21 Sep 1918-~13 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of Fleet-Command (14 Nov 1918-16 Feb 1919)
Detached for Service to the Admiral-Staff of the Navy (17 Feb 1919-05 Mar 1919)
In the War Science Department of the Admiral-Staff (06 Mar 1919-12 Apr 1919)
Department-Head in the Central-Department of the Admiralty (13 Apr 1919-09 Sep 1920)
At the same time, Adjutant of the Chief of the Admiralty (01 Oct 1919-09 Sep 1920)
Retired from Naval Service (09 Sep 1920)
Civilian Employee of the Navy as an Administrator in Naval-Command (01 Mar 1925-30 Sep 1933)
Reactivated at a Territorial-Officer (Supplemental-Officer from 05 Mar 1935 and Active-Officer from 01 Jul 1940) in the Economics-Department of the Naval-Command (01 Oct 1933-10 Jan 1936)
In the Economics-Department of OKM (11 Jan 1936-31 Mar 1936)
Chief of the Economics-Department in OKM (01 Apr 1936-19 Nov 1939)
Chief of Office-Group Kriegsmarine Economics in OKM (20 Nov 1939-31 Oct 1942)
Chief of the Kriegsmarine Armaments and Economics Office, OKM (01 Nov 1942-31 Jul 1944)
Retired and Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 Aug 1944-30 Sep 1944)
Retired (30 Sep 1944)
In Russian captivity (00 Sep 1945-31 Jan 1945)
Died in Russian captivity. The Date of Death was originally specified by the District Court of Berlin-Tempelhof as 31 Dec 1945. Later it was determined by the Red Cross that the Date of death was 31 Jan 1946, the place and cause of death are still unknown

Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 31.07.1944 als Vizeadmiral und Chef des Wehrwirtschafts und Rüstungsamts / OKM
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenritter des Kgl. Preuss. Johanniter-Ordens
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern


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