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Organization of Sanitäts Bataillone
Hello all,
I have some clarification questions regarding Sanitäts units that I am not finding any definitive answers to. I am looking for this information for my research on a Fallschirmjäger Sanitäts Abteilung although it should not vary from the others from the Luftwaffe and even those of the Heer.
I have account of many of the doctors that served in the Abteilung during the war. All were registered physicians and senior practitioners aside from the youngest physician officer who was born in 1915. I know of one Oberstarzt, two Stabsärzte, six Oberärzte, three Assistentärzte, and another of unknown rank. Have yet to find anyone that held the ranks of Unterarzt or Feldunterarzt. An Assistentarzt or Oberarzt would manage the Truppenverbandplatz. The Hauptverbandplatz was the next stop for the wounded and could be mere kilometers behind the line. This had tables for two surgeons but could be rearranged for up to ten surgeons in hot zones. The H.V.Pl was designed for 200 patients but was usually expanded to accept 300-400 wounded.
The ranks of the enlisted Sanitäter is one aspect that I am not confident in. In such a unit I would expect all personnel to be medically trained by the military and thus would hold ranks between Sanitätssoldat and Sanitätsunteroffizier. Would this ranking structure be correct. The majority of casualty cards are omit of the ‘San.-‘ portion. Very few have it written in while other have been “corrected” by crossing it out and leaving just the base.
The Abteilung was had been Kompanie sized until mid-1940 then downsized to two separate Kompanien in 1944. Does anyone have an estimate of the rough size of a Sani Abteilung? On the low side of a typical Abteilung being 500 men or less. Some odd Pionier and Panzerjäger Abteilung had 300 men or fewer. This could be reasonable adjusting for the size of the H.V.Pl and Feld Lazarett.
Thank you, Ben
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07-25-2023 03:25 PM
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