(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalstabsarzt Dr.med. Karl Martius
Born: 02 May 1879 in Merseburg
Died: 15 Feb 1946 in Berlin
Promotions:
Unterarzt (15 Feb 1904); Assistenzarzt (18 Aug 1905); Oberarzt (18 Feb 1908); Stabsarzt (13 Sep 1912); Charakter als Oberstabsarzt (21 Mar 1921); Polizei-Medizinalrat (01 Apr 1920); Polizei-Obermedizinalrat (01 Apr 1922); Polizei-Oberstarzt (01 Apr 1935); Oberstarzt (01 Aug 1935); Generalarzt (01 Dec 1941); Generalstabsarzt (01 Apr 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army as a One-Year-Volunteer in the 90th Fusilier-Regiment (01 Apr 1899-30 Sep 1899)
Discharged to Reserve (30 Sep 1899)
Studies at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Academy for Military Medical Training Affairs (01 Oct 1899-14 Feb 1904)
Reactivated to Army Service as a Medic in the 113th Infantry-Regiment and Practical Training at the Charite, Berlin (15 Feb 1904-17 Aug 1905)
Medic with the 7th Dragoon-Regiment (18 Aug 1905-19 Mar 1906)
With the Medical-Office of the XVII. Army-Corps (20 Mar 1906-31 Mar 1910)
Medic with the 17th Infantry-Regiment, Detached to the Pathological Institute, Frankfurt, Main (01 Apr 1910-30 Sep 1912)
Medic at the NCO-School Jülich (01 Oct 1912-30 Sep 1913)
Stabsarzt at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Academy, Berlin (01 Oct 1913-03 Aug 1914)
Medic with the Staff of the Field-Medical-Chief East (04 Aug 1914-09 Nov 1914)
With the Staff of Army High Command 9 (10 Nov 1914-30 Jul 1916)
With the Staff of Army-Group Prinz Leopold von Bayern (31 Jul 1916-31 Aug 1916)
1st Adjutant of the Army-Medic of the 9th Army (01 Sep 1916-29 Jun 1918)
With the Staff of Army High Command 7 (30 Jun 1918-31 Jan 1919)
With the Staff of Army High Command South/Border-Protection East (01 Feb 1919-15 Aug 1919)
Stabsarzt at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Academy, Berlin (16 Aug 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Retired (31 Jan 1920)
Entered Police Service as Police-Advisor, Police-Medical-Advisor with the Police-Administration Erfurt (01 Feb 1920-31 Dec 1933)
Inspection-Medic of the State-Police-Inspection South-West, Frankfurt, Main (01 Jan 1934-28 Feb 1935)
Chief Medic with the Presidency of the German Air Sport Formation then of the Reichs Air Protection Federation (01 Mar 1935-31 Jul 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Nov 1941) and Advisor with the Inspection of Medical Affairs of the Luftwaffe, RLM (01 Aug 1935-31 May 1940)
Department-Chief with the Inspection of Medical Affairs of the Luftwaffe, RLM (01 Jun 1940-30 Apr 1944)
Retired and Placed to Disposal (30 Apr 1944)
Chief-Medic of Hospital 4/VII, Wildbad (01 Aug 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Retired (31 Dec 1944)

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