Marine-Stabzahlmeisters Charles Thibaut

[Claudius]

Hello all;

I have the paybook and a photo of navy officer Charles Thibaut, but I would like to confirm his pre-war and post-war activity.

Does anyone find him the Rank lists? Any awards or medals?

I know he was in China serving on the SMS Jaguar when he was captured by the Japanese.

Thank you in advance.

-Claudius

[KIR]

Hi Claudius, here some informations:

http://www.tsingtau.info/index.html?namen/t.htm

Best regards,

Jens

Thibaut, Charles

born: 16. Aug. 1881

01.Oct.1900 to the navy,

26.Oct.1912 Marine-Oberzahlmeister

Aug.1914 Kanonenboot "Jaguar"

Nov.1914 prison camp "Kurume" (Prisoner-No. 3750)

Hometown: Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, also Frankfurt an der Oder/Brandenburg

Release: Dec. 1919

[Guest Rick Research]

Marine-Zahlmeister 18.4.08

Marine-Stabszahlmeister 22.4.20

He remained on active dury in the Reichsmarine as a paymaster until 31.10.28 so his awards are listed =

EK2, Colonial Badge ("Elephant Order") and Prussian/Reichs XXV Years Service Cross.

1924 paymaster of the Schiffsartillerie Schule

1926 kommandiert z Reichswehr Ministerium.

On 31.10.28 he transferred from the paymaster corps to being a naval Beamter with the Marineleitung.

In 1936 he was an Amtsrat on the staff of OKM Marineabwehrabteilung (A V).

So he was a spy paymaster.

[Claudius]

Thank you Rick and KIR!

I was hoping to flesh out this guy.

Is there anything on him during WWII? Is there a date of death and place of burial?

[Guest Rick Research]

I lose him after the above, because the Kriegsmarine Ranglisten dropped Beamten entirely by 1938. He's not listed in Lohmann-Hildebrand, and was never a member of the Marine Offiziere Verband/Marine Offiziere Hilfe e.V.

You should be able to track him for a few more years in the Berlin city directories online, which continue to 1943-- IF he stayed with the OKM there. That will at least confirm he was still alive until then.

http://adressbuch.zlb.de/

I just went and looked in the final issue-- and here he is in 1943, reverted to a MILITARY rank as Fregattenkapit?n (V), living at (Neville? ) Chamberlainstra?e 39 in Zehlendorf:

[Claudius]

Hmmm... (Neville) ChamberlainStrasse in Zehlendorf At Number 39.

Just a little follow up...Zehlendorf is in the Southwest corner of Berlin. The strasse was changed to "Chamberlainstrasse" on November 4th, 1935. When the area came under new management It was changed again on July 31, 1947 to "Niklasstrasse" and remains that way today.

Apparently, where Mr. Thibaut lived in #39 is now the home to an environmentally-conscience cooking club called "Kochgruppe Kurschkern"

Up the block at Niklasstrasse 19 is the Sri Lanke Embassy.

I did have one question although...I don't understand this part...

Why do you think he was a paymaster for Spies?

[Guest Rick Research]

Ooops. Saw "Marinewehr" and brain transformed that into "MarineABwehr."

:cheers: