KuK Fieldhospitals in Turkey

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Captain Dr.Karl Feistmantel M.D. was appointed in March 1916 as Chief Medical Offcer of all the Austro-Hungarian formationen in Turkey.

He was born on 26.10.1871 in Smichov, Bohemia. In 1896 he graduated from the German University of Prague. The following year, he started to work as a corvette corps medical officer in Austria-Hungary Navy. In 1900, he was appointed to the Budapest Central Soldier Hospital No. 16. In 1902 he spent three months internship at the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
Dr. Feistmantel was a specialist who had worked for the KuK Embassy in Iran for many years and knew much about orient. Dr. Feistmantel prepared wards with cold and hot water flowing constantly in a buildig, a building was rented in Pera (Beyoğlu) and turned into an army house. The medical care of the sick soldiers was undertaken by the Austria-Hungary Hospital in Pera under the direction of Chief Physician Lieutenant Schuster and the Hungarian Red Cross Mission Hospital, which was opened on 1 April 1916 by Graf Semsay. At the end of 1916, a Patient Soldier Nursing Home was added to these hospitals.

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In the second half of 1917, kuk mobile field hospitals Nr 202 and Nr 309 under the order of turkish 15th Corps at the Galician Front were brought to Palestine with this corps.


In the spring of 1918, Tull Kerim and Anepta were displaced, where they served until the Nablus disaster. They were in a very difficult situation in the Nablus disaster. On September 19, 1918, when the news of the British assisted the 8th Army front in the twilight, both field hospitals were ordered to retreat. He began to retreat to Chin and Afule. Things went fine in the early hours of retreat. However, in the afternoon they suffered a heavy air raid and lost many personnel and equipment.

One of the very few survivors of this air strike was medical sergeant Josef Schneebaum from mobile field hospital 202, wrote in his memoirs “September 19, The situation becomes difficult. British planes attacked with machine gun fire and bombs. I took refuge behind a rock. From where I was, I could see the damage the planes did. Many men were killed and wounded, the animals were perished. When it got dark, the planes left. So I started to go to Mesudiye. I reached Mesudiye at 9 o'clock at night. I ran into KuK trucks on the way. They took me, took me to Cevin. On September 20, we left for Afule with the same truck. However, the British cavalry had blocked the road. They were about 100 meters away from us and some German and KuK soldiers opened a line of hunters and opened fire. I had to hide because I didn't have a gun. I took shelter under a big chervil. I must have liked what I did so that a Turkish soldier took refuge in my side. From where we were hiding, we could see all our friends taken prisoner. I haven't had any water all day. The slice dried up from thirst and heat. Despite this, I continued on my way. I crossed the hills and reached an Arab village at 4 am on the morning of September 21st. Fellahs gave me water and food.

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Captain Dr. Horak Chief Medical officer of Field Hospital Nr 202 awarded with turkish war medal the Harb Madalyası

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Regimentsarzt Doktor Szörty, Kommandant des Feldspitales 309

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A ward of field Hospital Nr 309 at Azaz near Aleppo

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Stabsarzt Doktor Schroetter

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KuK medical officers at Istanbul

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medical treatment of kuk soldiers

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Kuk medical soldiers. strechers

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I record these KUK officers shown as Doctors;

Attwenger Johann Lt Dr KuK Res.Spital in Konstantinopel KUK
Flegel Dr Hukukçu subaylar ise sunlardir (KUK Lawyer officers are offered) KUK
Kéthely Graf Josef Hunyadi von Dr KUK Exz.Dr. Jur KUK shown with Gallipoli star
Krasa Kranz Lt Dr 1/4 Mountain Bty KUK Artillery KUK
Romich Siegfried Lt Dr RMO KUK Artillery 1915-18 KUK
Scheiner Maximillian Lt Dr RMO HQ staff KUK Artillery KUK

Cheers

S.B

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Steve
Do you have a photo of Kéthely Graf Josef Hunyadi von Dr KUK Exz.Dr. Jur KUK shown with Gallipoli star?

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LT d. R. DR. JOHANN ATTWENGER M.D.
KuK Res.Spital in Konstantinopel
http://www.rainerregiment.at/joomla/ind ... ckZIfG9EMI

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Flegel Dr Hukukçu subaylar ise sunlardir (KUK Lawyer officers are offered) KUK
Kéthely Graf Josef Hunyadi von Dr KUK Exz.Dr. Jur KUK shown with Gallipoli star
Krasa Kranz Lt Dr 1/4 Mountain Bty KUK Artillery KUK
Romich Siegfried Lt Dr RMO KUK Artillery 1915-18 KUK
Scheiner Maximillian Lt Dr RMO HQ staff KUK Artillery KUK

They ara all not medical officers MDs but having academic tittle Dr. Austrians are really well educated people most of their officers had a Dr tittle. Still today they have Dr tittles.

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Turkish wounded at an austrian hospital

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türkish wounded