Army medical inspector
The Army Sanitary Inspector (H San Insp) was a service post in the Reichswehr and in the army . of the Wehrmacht Since the beginning of the attack on Poland he was the highest medical officer in the army and responsible for the medical service of his armed forces .
Service position in the Wehrmacht
The Army Sanitary Inspector belonged to the Reichswehr Ministry (Army Command) and was initially subordinate to the Commander of the Replacement Army , later to the Chief of the Wehrmacht Medical Services , whose post was created on July 28, 1942.
In order to carry out his duties, the Army Sanitary Inspector had a general staff made up of the personnel , organization , science and health management departments , the pharmaceutical and chemical affairs groups , medical affairs of the armed forces, welfare and care and voluntary nursing as well as a registry .
The main sanitary park in Berlin-Lichtenberg , the replenishment center for medical equipment, the military medical academy and the army group doctors, for whose posts he had the right to propose to the army personnel office, and the consulting doctors were directly subordinate to him .
Until then, he had authority over the army doctor at the Quartermaster General in the Army High Command , whose duties he carried out in personal union from January 1, 1941. With the assumption of the duties of the army doctor he was now also personally responsible for the medical service of the field army .
Inspectors
| Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reichswehr | |||
| Wilhelm Schultzen | 1919 | October 31, 1927 | Chief Medical Officer |
| Carl Franz | November 1, 1927 | October 31, 1932 | Chief Medical Officer |
| Anton Waldmann | November 1, 1932 | Chief Medical Officer | |
| Wehrmacht | |||
| Anton Waldmann | December 31, 1940 | Chief Medical Officer | |
| Siegfried Handloser | January 1, 1941 | August 13, 1944 | Chief Medical Officer |
| Paul Walter | November 9, 1944 | May 23, 1945 | General doctor |
See also
- Military doctors of the Prussian Army
- Chief Medical Officer of the Navy
- Medical corps
- Medical Service Army (Bundeswehr)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Behrend, K. Ph .: War surgery from 1939–1945 from the perspective of the advisory surgeons of the German Army in World War II (dissertation; PDF; 2.3 MB), Freiburg, 2003, pp. 10–11.
- ↑ GenArzt Walter had already been in charge of the tour from August 14, 1944.