(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalstabsintendant der Marine Walter Braeuer
Born: 02 Nov 1880 Giesmannsdorf, Silesia
Died: 06 Jan 1955 in Bad Harzburg
Promotions:
Leutnant der Reserve (1909); Intendanturassessor (01 Mar 1911); Oberleutnant der Reserve (1912); Intendanturrat (01 Apr 1915); Hauptmann der Reserve (00 Sep 1918); Marineoberintendanturrat (11 Feb 1925); Marineintendant (01 Jul 1934); Marinestationsintendant (01 Jul 1936); Generalintendant der Marine (21 Mar 1942); Generalstabsintendant der Marine (01 Aug 1943)
Career:
Junior Court Lawyer (10 Apr 1904-08 Jul 1909)
Military-Service with the 11th Grenadier-Regiment (01 oct 1904-20 Sep 1905)
With the Intendency of the VI. Army-Corps and other Intendancies of the Army (01 Oct 1910-1919)
Governmental-Advisor in the Reichs Treasury Administration (1919-26 Apr 1922)
Entered into the Naval-Administration as a Naval-Intendency-Advisor and Director of the Department for Accomodation-Affairs, Naval-Intendency Wilhelmshaven (27 Apr 1922-10 Feb 1925)
Director of the Department for Hospital-Affairs, Naval-Intendency Wilhelmshaven (11 Feb 1925-28 Feb 1927)
Detached to the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Mar 1927-30 Jul 1927)
Shipyard-Administration-Director, Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (31 Jul 1927-30 Jun 1934)
Director then Station-Intendant, Naval-Intendency Wilhelmshaven (01 Jul 1934-31 Jan 1939)
Retired (31 Jan 1939)
Reactivated and Detache for Information to OKW (21 Mar 1942-07 Apr 1942)
Chief-Intendant with the German Wehrmacht-Mission in Romania (09 Apr 1942-18 Jun 1944)
In Hospital in Potsdam (17 Aug 1944-07 Feb 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of OKW then of Naval-High-Command North Sea (08 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
Retired (08 May 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 12.10.1944 als Generalstabsintendant der Marine und Chef-Intendant der Deutschen Wehrmacht in Rumänien
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. bis I. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Grossoffizierkreuz des Kgl. Rumän. Orden der Krone mit Schwertern


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