(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalarzt Dr.med. Walter Groth
Born: 12 Sep 1883 in Berlin
Died: 12 Apr 1947 in Mittenwald
Doctorate In Medicine: 24 Oct 1910
Doctorate In Philosophy: 10 Jun 1924
Promotions:
Unterarzt (15 Feb 1907); Assistenzarzt (10 Sep 1908); Oberarzt (20 Apr 1910); Stabsarzt (18 Oct 1913); Polizei-Oberstabsarzt (20 Jul 1920); Polizeiarzt (08 Sep 1922); Polizei-Generalarzt (01 Jan 1934); Polizei-Oberstarzt (06 Jun 1934); Oberfeldarzt (01 Oct 1935); Oberstarzt (01 Oct 1936); Generalarzt (01 Sep 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army as a One Year Volunteer in the 2nd Foot0Guards-Regiment (01 Apr 1902-30 Sep 1902)
Discharged to the Reserve (30 Sep 1902)
Studies at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Academy for Military Training Matters, Berlin (01 Oct 1902-14 Feb 1907)
Reactivated as Medic in the 19th Infantry-Regiment (15 Feb 1907-09 Sep 1908)
Medic in the 6th Grenadier-Regiment and Practical Training at the Surgical Department of the Garrison-Hospital Posen (10 Sep 1908-31 May 1910)
Detached to the Augusta-Hospital of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Academy, Berlin (01 Jun 1910-18 Oct 1913)
Stabsarzt in the 7th Grenadier-Regiment (18 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Stabsarzt in Field-Hospital 10 (V. Army-Corps) (02 Aug 1914-20 Mar 1916)
Detached to Field-Hospital 12 (21 Mar 1916-10 Apr 1916)
Detached to Field-Hospital 2 (11 Apr 1916-25 Jun 1916)
Detached to Field-Hospital 7 (26 Jun 1916-11 Sep 1916)
Detached to Field-Hospital 12 (12 Sep 1916-01 Nov 1916)
Detached to Field-Hospital 4 (02 Nov 1916-15 Jan 1917)
Chief-Medic of Field-Hospital 45 (15 Jan 1917-02 Feb 1917)
Chief-Medic of Field-Hospital 192 (03 Feb 1917-09 Jul 1917)
Chief-Medic of Field-Hospital 191 (10 Jul 1917-07 Sep 1917)
Detached to the 247th Medical-Company (08 Sep 1917-04 Oct 1917)
Chief-Medic of Field-Hospital 52 (03 Oct 1917-10 Jan 1919)
Regiments-Medic of the 7th Grenadier-Regiment then of the 57th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (11 Jan 1919-08 Jan 1920)
Detached to the Processing-Office of the 7th Grenadier-Regiment and to Reserve-Hospital Liegnitz (09 Jan 1920-29 Jan 1920)
Regiments-Medic of the 57th Rifle-Regiment (30 Jan 1920-19 Feb 1920)
Regiments-Medic of the 12th Infantry-Regiment (20 Feb 1920-20 Jul 1920)
Granted Leave (20 Jul 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Retired (30 Sep 1920)
Entered Police Service as Department-Medic with the Police-Department Spandau (20 Jul 1920-05 Aug 1920)
Department-Medic with the Police-Department Wilmersdorf (06 Aug 1920-10 Feb 1930)
At the same time, Surgeon and Conducting Medic at the State Infirmary Wilmersdorf (01 Jan 1921-31 Dec 1922)
At the same time, Chief-Medic of the Police-Institute Biesenthal (01 Jan 1922-14 Jul 1922)
At the same time, Conducting Medic at the State Infirmary Wilmersdorf (15 Jul 1922-10 Feb 1930)
Chief Police Medic of the Police-Administration Breslau (10 Feb 1930-31 Mar 1931)
Police-Medic of the Police-School Brug (01 Apr 1931-31 Dec 1933)
Oberstarzt with the State-Police-Inspection Centre, Magdeburg (01 Jan 1934-31 Jul 1935)
Transferred into the Army as a Supplemental-Officer and Placed to the Disposal of the Army-Medical-Inspection (01 Aug 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Oct 1940) and Advisor, Group-Director and Department-Chief with the Luftwaffe-Medical-Chief, RLM (01 Oct 1935-31 May 1940)
At the same time, Detached for Briefing with the Wehrmacht Provision and Welfare Court of the Army-Medical-Inspection (01 Jun 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Air-Region-Medic VII and Commander of the 7th Air-Region-Medical-Battalion (01 Jun 1940-31 Mar 1942)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe and at the same time, Air-Fleet-Medic 5 (01 Apr 1942-31 May 1942)
Air-Region-Medic XII/XIII (01 Jun 1942-23 Mar 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKL (24 Mar 1943-31 Jan 1944)
Retired (31 Jan 1944)

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