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Baumeister, Wilhelm

Date of birth:
December 7th, 1887 (Disteln - Recklingshausen/Westernphalia, Germany)
Date of death:
January 19th, 1963 (Münster/Westernphalia, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
01.08.1936: Oberfelarzt
01.03.1939: Oberstarzt
01.10.1942: Generalarzt

Career:
07.03.1919: entered the Reichswehr
1938-15.02.1941: Divisionsarzt of the 2. leichten Division and Kdr 47th Medical Unit
1939-1940: campaign in Poland, Belgium and France with the 7. Panzer Division
15.02.1941-16.12.1942: Korpsarzt - VIII. Armee-Korps
Fall 1941: on leave in Paris - France
03.1942: sent back to the Eastern Front : Kharkov, Don River and Stalingrad
16.12.1942-22.01.1943: Korpsarzt - Wehrkreis XVII - Wien - Austria
22.01.-23.03.1943: Korpsarzt - VIII. Armee-Korps
23.03.1943-08.05.1945: Armeearzt - newly reformed VI. Armee : Donetz, Mius, Dniepr, Nikopol, Dniestr, Romania, Hungary, Moravia, Austria, Eastern Alps.
08.05.1945-1946: US POW
1946: released

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Generalarzt
Unit:
Armeeoberkommando 6
Awarded on:
December 3rd, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
    - Generalarzt Dr.med. Wilhelm Baumeister
    - TITLE

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