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Dominik, Ernst

    Date of birth:
    April 20th, 1905 (Gieboldehausen - Göttingen)
    Date of death:
    December 26th, 1943 (Barents Sea)
    Nationality:
    German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

    Biography

    Promotions:
    August 1st, 1939: Korvettenkapitän
    April 1st, 1943: Fregattenkapitän

    Career:
    November 1937 - June 1938: Kommandant (in Vertretung) Artillerieschulschiff "Bremse";
    October 8th, 1938- October 1938: Kommandant (in Vertretung) Artillerieschulschiff "Bremse";
    January 1939 - April 1941: Flak-Artillerie Offizier Schlachtschiff "Scharnhorst";
    April 1941 - February 1943: 1.Artillerieoffizier Schlachtschiff "Scharnhorst";
    April 1943 - December 26th, 1943: 1.Offizier Schlachtschiff "Scharnhorst".

    KIA when 'Scharnhorst' was sunk by British Naval forces in the Barents Sea in December 1943

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Unit:
    Schlachtschiff "Scharnhorst"
    Awarded on:
    October 4th, 1941
    Flotten-Kriegsabzeichen
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Fregattenkapitän (Commander)
    Unit:
    1.Artillerieoffizier/1.Offizier Schlachtschiff "Scharnhorst"
    Awarded on:
    July 22nd, 1944
    posthumously awarded

    Awarded posthumously.
    Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Awarded on:
    July 2nd, 1940
    Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Awarded on:
    November 29th, 1939
    Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

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