(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalarzt Dr.med. Hans Kritzler-Kosch
Born: 10 Jan 1888 in Mainz
Died: 31 May 1960 in Bonn
Doctorate In Medicine: 07 Aug 1912
Promotions:
Marine-Unterarzt (01 Mar 1911); Marine-Assistenzarzt (25 Aug 1912); Marine-Oberassistenzarzt (09 Aug 1913); Marine-Stabsarzt (13 Apr 1914); Stabsarzt (01 Sep 1934); Oberstabsarzt (01 Jan 1935); Oberfeldarzt (01 Aug 1937); Oberstarzt (01 Aug 1939); Generalarzt (01 Jun 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army as a One Year Volunteer in the 2nd Foot-Guards-Regiment (01 Apr 1906-30 Sep 1906)
Discharged to Reserves (30 Sep 1906)
Studies at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Academy for Military Medical Training Affairs, Berlin (01 Oct 1906-28 Feb 1911)
Entered Naval Service and Attended Practical Course at the Charite-Infirmary, Berlin (01 Mar 1911-27 Jul 1912)
Watch-Medic in the Nabal-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (28 Jul 1912-10 Aug 1912)
Auxiliary-Medic on Board the Heavy Cruiser 'Blücher' (11 Aug 1912-28 Sep 1912)
Transport-Medic with the East Asian Candidate-Transport, on the 'Prinzeß Alice' (29 Sep 1912-17 Nov 1912)
Auxiliary-Medic on the Heavy Cruiser 'Gneisenau' (18 Nov 1912-02 Jun 1914)
With the Replacement-Command Tsingtau (03 Jun 1914-08 Jun 1914)
District-Medic on the Transport-Steamer 'Patricia' (09 Jun 1914-21 Jul 1914)
Placed to the Disposal of the Naval-Station of the North Seas (28 Jul 1914-31 Jul 1914)
Ships-Medic on the Torpedo-Boat 'V 5' of the 5th Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (01 Aug 1914-24 Sep 1914)
Senior-Medic with the II. Naval-Flying-Battalion (25 Sep 1914-10 Dec 1914)
Battalion-Medic of the II. Battalion of the 5th Sailor-Regiment (11 Dec 1914-17 Apr 1916)
At the same time, Assistent of the Division-Medic of the II. Sailor-Division (24 May 1915-10 Jun 1915)
Placed to the Disposal of the Naval-Station of the North Seas (18 Apr 1916-28 Apr 1916)
Battalion-Medic of the II. Battalion of the II. Sailor-Division (29 Apr 1916-14 May 1916)
Ships-Medic on the Small Cruiser 'Regensburg' and Medic with the Staff of the 2nd Leader of Torpedo Boats (15 May 1916-23 Oct 1916)
Placed to the Disposal of the Naval-Station of the North Seas (24 Oct 1916-03 Nov 1916)
Medic at the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven - Bacteriological Investigation Station (04 Nov 1916-06 May 1917)
Auxiliary-Medic in Fortress-Hospital of the Deck Officer School Wilhelmshaven (07 May 1917-19 Dec 1917)
Chief Medic with the II. Naval-Sea-Flying-Battalion and Medic with the Staff of the Flight-Chief of the High Seas Forces (20 Dec 1917-13 May 1918)
Medic with Port-Commandant Sevastopol (14 May 1918-31 Dec 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Naval-Station of the North Seas (01 Jan 1919-23 Apr 1919)
Retired (23 Apr 1919)
2nd Assistantat the University Gynaecological Clinic Gießen and Training as Specialist for Gynaecology and Birth Assistance (00 Feb 1919-01 Aug 1920)
Government-Medical-Advisor and Chief Medic of the Welfare-Office Erbach, Odenwald (02 Aug 1920-04 Jun 1923)
Gynaecology-Specialist in Erbach, Mannheim and Liegnitz (05 Jun 1923-31 Aug 1934)
Entered Army Service and Detached to the Medical-Squadron Dresden (01 Sep 1934-31 Oct 1934)
Leader of Medical-Squadron Plauen (01 Nov 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe and Detached for Familiarisation to Air-District-Medic VI (Sea), Kiel (01 Apr 1935-31 May 1935)
Leader of Luftwaffe-Medical-Squadron Schleswig (01 Jun 1935-30 Jun 1936)
Leader of Luftwaffe-Medical-Squadron Wustrow and Troop-Medic of the Flak-Artillery-School Wustrow (01 Jul 1936-31 Aug 1938)
Luftwaffe-Command-Medic East Prussia (01 Sep 1938-31 Oct 1939)
With the Staff of Air-Defence-Command 5, Frankfurt, Main (01 Nov 1939-09 Nov 1939)
Chief Medical Officer with the Higher Commander of Fortress Flak Artillery III, Sprendlingen (10 Nov 1939-19 Jul 1940)
Chief Medical Officer with the Wehrmacht-Commander Ukraine (01 Nov 1941-30 Jun 1942)
With the Preparatory-Command of Luftwaffe-Hospital Jena (01 Jul 1942-31 Jul 1942)
Air-Region-Medic Belgium-North France and at the same time, Commander of the Air-Region-Medical-Battalion Belgium-North France (01 Aug 1942-21 Sep 1944)
Air-Region-Medic XIV, Wiesbaden (21 Sep 1944-20 Apr 1945)
At the same time, Acting-Chief-Medic of Luftwaffe-Hospital Bayreuth (1945-20 Apr 1945)
In US Captivity then Interned (20 Apr 1945-13 Sep 1947)
Released (13 Sep 1947)

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