Artur Lossmann (alsoArthur Lossmann; 5 October 1877 Vana-Vändra Parish,Pärnu County – 1 August 1972 London) was an Estonian military personnel (Major-General). He was one of the most prominentmilitary medicine specialist in Estonia.[1]
In 1904, he graduated fromS. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy. From 1907 until 1914, he worked as a military physician inSt. Petersburg. He participated onRusso-Japanese War, and in World War I as a soldier of theRussian Empire. Lossmann returned to Estonia and from 1918 until 1920, (duringEstonian War of Independence) he was the chief physician of Tallinn 1st Military Hospital. From 1920 until 1935, he was the chief of the Healthcare Administration of the Militaries (Estonian:sõjaväe tervishoiuvalitsus). In 1935, he retired. In 1944, following theSoviet occupation of Estonia, he fled to Germany, and in 1947, he emigrated to the United Kingdom, where he died in 1972.[1]
In 1998, Lossmann's body was reinterred at theDefence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn, at the initiative of his daughter Nora Vanda Morley-Fletcher.[1]
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