Red Star,1760066,Supplementary Veterinarian,Front Veterinary Hospital #408

[ade stevenson]

Hi Guys, here is my latest researched Order of the Red Star.

Cheers, Ade.

[ade stevenson]

Order

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14. Senior Lieutenant of the Veterinary Service Fyodor Lukyanovich Domra, veterinarian at the 408th Front Veterinary Hospital

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Commander of the 1st Belorussian Front
Marshal of the Soviet Union [signed] /G. Zhukov/

Member of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front
Lieutenant General [signed] /Telegin/

Chief of the Rear of the 1st Belorussian Front
Lieutenant General of the Quartermaster Service [signed] /Antipenko/

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Record card

Order booklet nr. A-66798_

1. Last name: Domra
2. First name and patronymic: Fyodor Lukyanovich
3. Military rank: Captain of the Veterinary Service
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1916
6. Place of birth: Village of Ivashkovka, Tupichev Raion, Chernigov Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a member
8. Education: Higher
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: 1936
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Chief of the veterinary hospital of the 20th Trophy Brigade, 1st Belorussian Front
12. Current place of service and position: Veterinarian and deputy chief of the household plot of the Trade and Community Services Section at the headquarters of the Military Commandant of the city of Berlin
13. Home address of the awardee: 7 Gogol Street, city of Chernigov

14. Record of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal Serial number Number of the document Ground of award
Medal for Combat Merit 1443055 Temporary certificate nr. G-061283 Order of the 1st Belorussian Front nr. 325/N of November 5, 1944
Order of the Red Star 1760066 Temporary certificate nr. Zh-555410 Order of the 1st Belorussian Front nr. 616/N of June 9, 1945
Medal for Combat Merit 2833978 Temporary certificate nr. 279897 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of November 6, 1945 (for long service)
Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad Permanent certificate nr. R-28817 Decree of the Presidium of December 22, 1942


Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Personnel inspector of the Trade and Community Services Section
Captain [signed]
August 30, 1946

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Domra, Fyodor Lukyanovich
2. Rank: Senior Lieutenant of the Veterinary Service
3. Position and unit: Supplementary veterinarian at Front Veterinary Hospital nr. 408
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1906
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Not a member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): He did not participate in the Civil War. In the Patriotic War since 1941, serving on the Southwestern, Stalingrad, Don, Central, Belorussian, and 1st Belorussian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: From April 10, 1928 through September 10, 1929 and since April 12, 1936
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the city of Kharkov
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad and Medal for Combat Merit
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: _______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Senior Lieutenant of the Veterinary Service Fyodor Lukyanovich Domra has been participating in the Patriotic War since its very first days. Serving as a veterinarian, he worked selflessly and organized his duties skilfully, enabling 700 sick and wounded horses to be treated and returned to their units. Working independently in the isolation ward for horses suffering from infectious diseases, comrade Domra used a quick method to cure 54 horses struck by episodic lymphangitis (a disease extremely difficult to treat). All these horses returned to service. Acting as chief of a clearing station, Domra evacuated 300 severely wounded horses over a distance of 150 kilometers without any fodder and in wintry conditions, without sustaining any losses.

For his excellent duties he deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the veterinary hospital
Lieutenant Colonel of the Veterinary Service [signed] /Rogalyov/
May 5, 1945



He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of Veterinary Service of the 1st Belorussian Front
Major General of the Veterinary Service [signed] /Shpaier/
May 7, 1945

[CtahhR]

As I've previously said today I am an "agricultural" type and that is mainly all things equestrian. As someone who has not only foaled but also injected treatments into horses I have first hand experience of equine ailments. Equine Lymphangitis is a rather tricky ailment in horses especially in this situation where antibiotics were not ready at hand. I'm sure in other situations they would have been converted from work horses to food.

Attached is a pre-Antibiotic assessment of the illness from the January 1916 (That's right Great War) printing of the Veterinary Practice At Home (or Key To Farriery).

Also you seem to be having a lot of strange spellings for someone from Derbyshire (which is difficult enough for some to pronounce!) and I would advise you get the British English dictionary add on for Firefox. It's an English language spell checker that highlights the spelling errors in red when typing.
I don't think it will fix those strange inverted non-British, Non-European, Non-Russian dates though.

It also doesn't like the word "Lymphangitis".

[UQWozza]

Nice award! I teach Biochemistry to Veterinary Science students. I will try and find a way to fit this into one of my lectures.

Simon

[ade stevenson]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Credit as ever to Auke for the research.

Cheers, Ade.

[Al-muell]

The first award to a veterinarian Ihave seen. It is nice to see that someone who helped the horses, not humans was also considered worthy to get an award.