(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Admiralstabsarzt Dr.Med. Emil Greul
Born: 29 Dec 1895 in Neubessingen, Lower Franconia (Unterfranken)
Died: 30 Oct 1993 in Bremen
Promotions:
Marineunterarzt (05 Mar 1922); Marineassistenzarzt (18 Aug 1922); Marineoberassistenzarzt (01 Oct 1922); Marinestabsarzt (01 May 1925); Marineoberstabsarzt (01 Oct 1932); Geschwaderarzt (01 Jan 1937); Flottenarzt (01 Nov 1938); Admiralarzt (01 Sep 1942); Admiralstabsarzt (01 Oct 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army as Leutnant der Reserve with the Royal Bavarian Army (Field-Artillery) (01 May 1915-00 Nov 1918)
Retired (00 Nov 1918)
Entered Naval Service as a Medical-Officer with the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (11 Mar 1922-30 Sep 1922)
At the same time, Ships-Medic on the Fishery-Protection-Boat 'M 134' (00 Jun 1922-00 Jul 1922)
Auxiliary-Medic on the Liner 'Braunschweig' (01 Oct 1922-24 Apr 1923)
Assistent-Medic with the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (25 Apr 1923-31 Mar 1924)
With the Shipyard-Infirmary Wilhelmshaven (01 Apr 1924-28 Sep 1925)
Battalion-Medic of the 2nd Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea and Location-Medic Stralsund and Chief Medical Officer of the Naval-Hospital-Department Stralsund (29 Sep 1925-04 Jan 1927)
At the same time, Detached to the Tropical-Institute Hamburg (01 Oct 1926-06 Jan 1927)
Ships-Medic on the Cruiser 'Berlin' (07 Jan 1927-27 Mar 1929)
Battalion-Medic of the 1st Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (28 Mar 1929-30 Sep 1929)
Detached to the Gynaecological-Clinic of Kiel University (01 Oct 1929-19 Jan 1930)
Detached to the Childrens-Clinic of Kiel University (20 Jan 1930-28 Feb 1930)
Advisor in the Medical-Office of the Naval-Station of the North Sea and Soldiers-Family-Medic Wilhelmshaven (01 Mar 1930-01 Oct 1935)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Cuxhaven and Location and Fortress Medic (02 Oct 1935-31 Mar 1939)
At the same time, Battalion-Medic of the IV. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (02 Oct 1935-26 Sep 1936)
Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Wesermünde (01 Apr 1939-15 Apr 1941)
Commander of the Naval-Medical-Academy (16 Apr 1941-30 Sep 1943)
Chief of the Naval-Medical-Office, OKM and Medical-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 Oct 1943-23 May 1945)
In Captivity (23 May 1945-17 Aug 1947)
Released (17 Aug 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern: am 20.04.1945 als Admiralstabsarzt und Sanitätschef der Kriegsmarine und Chef des Marinemedizinalamtes / OKM
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. bis I. Klasse mit Schwertern


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