Red Star,0217943,Head Of Santiary Service,1st Separate Machinegun-Artillery Battalion

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Award Card

Order Booklet B 629767

1. Last name: Tokarev
2. Name and patrionymic: Aleksandr Nikolaevich
3. Rank: Major of Medical Service
4. Gender: Male
5. Birthyear: 1915
6. Birthplace: Nizhnii Tagil
7. Party membership: since 1942
8. Education: advanced
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Time in Red Army: 1939
11. Place of service at awarding: Junior Doctor – 4th Corps Railroad Depot
12. Place of work at present: same
13. Home address: Dnepropetrovsk 17, Military Unit 12665
14. Awards:

Designation/Serial Number/Awarding Organization

Red Star 217.943 23rd Army dated 1.10.43

Red Star 3.325.711 Edict dated 30.4.54

Combat Service Medal n/a Edict dated 15.11.50

Defense of Leningrad Medal Edict dated 22.12.42

Victory over Germany Medal Edict dated 9.5.45

Victory over Japan Medal Edict dated 30.9.45

30 Anniversary of Soviet Army and Navy Medal Edict dated 22.02.48

Verified by 4th Corps Railroad Depot Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel M(?) on 31st July, 1954

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Award Sheet

1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Tokarev, Aleksandr Nikolaevich
2. Rank: Captain of Medical Service
3. Duty position: Chief of Medical Service – 1st Independent Machinegun-Artillery Battalion, 17th Fortified Region
4. Born: 1916
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party membership: yes
7. Previous combat: fighting against the White Finns 1939-40, and Patriotic War since 22.6.1941
8. Wounds or shell-shock: n/a
9. In Red Army: since 1936
10. Inducted by: volunteer
11. Previous awards: Defense of Leningrad Medal 1943
12. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment

1IMGABn Chief of Medical Service Captain of Medical Service Tokarev is a veteran of the battalion. Since the battalion’s formation he has served as the Chief of Medical Service. As a member of the battalion he participated in the Finnish War and displayed boldness, valor, and courage. He was repeatedly subjected to shelling for which he was noted in the division commander’s order.

After the Finnish War under the leadership of Captain Tokarev much work was dedicated to improving care for the battalion’s personnel when a new medical unit was formed.

During the Patriotic War Captain Tokarev again rendered much care to the battalion’s personnel. Under his leadership five company medical bunkers were built, a battalion aid station and quarantine post. He repeatedly visited frontline with hunter-killer teams, personally killing five White Finns. Under enemy fire he rendered aid to the wounded and organized their evacuation to the rear area.

During the Leningrad blockage he displayed exceptional care to the soldiers. He often introduced valuable proposals that preserved the fighting strength and energy of the Red Army men.

For boldness, fearlessness, and accomplished work in preserving the health of our soldiers, he is deserving of the Order of the Red Banner.

Signed (?), 29th September, 1943

Captain of Medical Service Aleksei Nikolaevich Tokarev is deserving of the Order of the Red Star.

Signed Commandant, 17th Fortified Region, Guards Colonel Shalev on 29th September, 1943

Endorsed 23 Army Chief Medical Officer, Medical Service Colonel Gurvits on 29th September, 1943

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Unit Award Order

SECRET

[trans: “Leningrad Front 7.4.44” written in pencil]

23rd Army Order 05/N dated 21st March, 1945

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR, I award the following decorations for exemplary accomplishment of the Command’s missions in the struggle against the German invaders and for having displayed valor and bravery:

Order of the Red Star to:

12. Captain of Medical Service Aleksandr Nikolaevich Tokarev – Chief of Medicine, 1 Independent Machinegun-Artillery Battalion, 17th Fortified Region

Signed 23rd Army Commander General-Lieutenant Cherepanov, Member of the Military Committee General-Major Kurochkin, Chief of Staff General-Major Samsonov, and Colonel Khanzhin

Produced in 3 copies

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Captain of Medical Service Aleksandr Nikolaevich Tokarev's Order of the Red Star, #217943.

My thanks to Auke & desantnik for their invaluable assistance.

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1. Last Name, Name, and Patrionymic: Tokarev, Aleksandr Nikolaevich
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Knowledge of Foreign Languages: n/a
4. Born: 15th June, 1915
5. Birthplace: U(?)nii Tagiya Sverdlovsk Oblast
6. Social Position: office worker - doctor
7. Party Membership: since 1942 01851651; no participation in other parties; no admonishments
8. Education
General: high school in 1933; 5 year medical institute
Military: Sverdlovsk Medical Cadre Course – Military Medicine Academy
Political: n/a
9. Service in the Old Army: n/a
10. Service in the White Army: n/a
11. Promotion:

Military Doctor 3d Class 1939
Medical Service Captain 23.3.1943
Medical Service Major 4.3.49

12. Participation in the Patriotic War: Leningrad Front 6.1941-1945; 2 Far Eastern Front 9.8.45-3.9.45
13. Other Military Operations: Finnish Campaign 31.12.1939-12.3.1940
14. In Captivity or Encirclement:
15. Awards

Red Star
Defense of Leningrad Medal
Victory over Germany Medal
Victory over Japan Medal
30th Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy Medal

16. ID Card: HU 00001 #149608 OT 04592 dated 23.4.44

19. Wounds or Contusions: n/a
20. Academic Degree: n/a
21. Academic Level: n/a
22. Foreign Travel: n/a
23. Legal Proceedings: n/a
24. Family Situation: wife – Tokareva, Valentina M(?)ovna, b. 1923. Daughter – Rufina, b.1941. Son – Petr, b.1943. Daughter – Lyudmila, b.1953. Family living in Military Unit 12662 Dnepropetrovka #17
25. Special Remarks: validated 3.1952 by Senior Officer (?)

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17. Position before service in the Armed Forces: 10 January 1939 (?) Municipal Commissariat from being a student in the medical institute
18. Service in the Armed Forces:

Student Kirov Military Medical Academy 10.1939
Leningrad
Junior Doctor 173 RR, 90 RD 8.05.1939
Leningrad Military District
Junior Doctor 269 RR, 90 RD 4.9.1939
Leningrad Military District
Chief of Medical Svc 1IMg-ABn, 23 Army, Leningrad Front 23.(?).1943
Senior Doctor 185 Indep. Sapper Btn, Leningrad Front 14.09.1944
In recuperation Evacuation Hospital #992 Leningrad 15.1.1945-5.45
Chief of Med Svc 28 Indep. Exploitation Railroad Rgt, TrnsBaikal Frt 13.08.1945
Senior Doctor/Chief of Medical Point, 4 Corps (?), 1 Corps, Railroad Troops 3.10.1946
Kiev Military District Dnepropetrovsk
Junior Doctor, 4 Corps Railroad Park, 1 Corps (?) Troops, Kiev Military District 01.1948

Signed Commander, 4 Corps Railroad Park, Colonel Shevchenko on 29 May 1949

On record with 1 Railroad Corps since 1.10.56

Released into the reserves on 27.2.1956 due to illness with the right to wear the military uniform. On record with the Lenin Regional Military Commissariat, Dnepronestrovsk

Additional Paper Form

OBV: Control document to reserve officer Aleksandr Nikolaevich Tokarev’s issued military ID. Personal ID # D-248017, VUS #6409. Military rank – Medical Service Major. Born 1915 in Nizhnii P(?)gil, Sverdlovsk Oblast.

REV: Military ID GI 157726 issued 23rd April, 1968 by the Amur-Nizhnedneprovskii Regional Military Commissariat, Dnepopetrovsk. Reserve officer’s home of record is Dnepropetrovsk, 71 Lafarg St. #2, Apt. 5. Signed 3rd Section Chief Major Leleev on 23rd April, 1968.