Who's Who (A-B) of senior German Army officers (Birley's Bible)

AUER, Franz - (17 May 1878 - 15 Aug 1967)




Born 17 May 1878

 

AULEB, Helge - (24 March 1887 – 14 March 1964)



Born (circa 1887)
17 September 1906 - First Commissioned.
31 July 1914 - Senior Second Lieutenant in 117th (3rd Hessian) Infantry Regt.
1914-1918 - War Service: Regimental and General Staff (ultimately on Staff of 4th Cavalry Division.
Decorations: Iron Cross (1st Class); Hessian Bravery Medal; Scharzburg Cross of Honour (3rd Class, with Swords); Lippe Cross.
18 April 1916: Promoted Captain
After the War, transferred to the Reichswehr, and posted to 15th Infantry Regt.
5 February 1924 - Appointed to Staff of 3rd Cavalry Division.
1 October 1927 - Transferred to Staff of Artillery Commander, 1st Division.
1 February 1929 - Promoted Major.
1931-1932 - On Staff of 1st Division.
? - Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
? - Promoted Colonel.
1 October 1936 - Commanding 39th Infantry Regt.
1 February 1939 - No longer commanding above Regt.
1 December 1940 -Promoted Lieutenant-General. [handwritten addition]


No subsequent reports.

[Handwritten addition]



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helge_Auleb

 

Von AULOCK, Andreas - (23 March 1893 – 23 June 1968)


SECRET
C.S.D.I.C. (U.K.)

Oberst Andreas von AULOCK

Commandant, Fortress of ST. MALO; Captured ST. MALO, 17 August 1944.

Arrived:
No. 1 D.C., 18 August 1944
No. 11 Camp, 22 August 1944

Left:
28 August 1944


CIRCUMSTANCES OF CAPTURE
Surrendered with the remnants of the garrison of ST. MALO after a bitter fight.

CAREER
1914 - 1918 - Served during the World War in 95 Regt.
1921 - Retired from the Army and became a salesman with General Motors.
1939 - Rejoined the German Army.
1944 - Awarded the ‘Oak Leaves’ for his fight at ST. MALO.

NOTES
A typical, monocled, aristocratic German officer. Politically pro-British and violently anti-Russian. A brother, who had been leader of a ‘Freikorps’, was Chief of Staff to General VIEROW (PW), Militaerbefehlshaber A, NORD-WEST, in PARIS.

This is the ‘Mad Colonel’ of ST. MALO. He had a very high opinion of himself - and of his attraction for women.

He trimmed his sails to the wind and thought only of himself and his well-being. This is the man who looked forward to being sent to the USA, as he fondly imagined that the Americans would accept his offer to work in a General Motors factory, so that he could gain experience to take up his former career (motor-car salesman) after GERMAN had lost this war.

He was an untrustworthy type.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_von_Aulock
http://collections.msdiglib.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/mafm/id/43/rec/7

 

BABINGER

Circa 1894 - Born.
1914 - Entered 2nd Bavarian Field Artillery Regt. as an aspirant officer.
1914-1918 - War Service: Regimental
Decorations: Iron Cross (1st Class); Wound Badge; Bavarian Military Service Cross (4th Class, with Swords); Hamburg Hanseatic Cross.
1915 - Commissioned Second Lieutenant.
After the War, transferred to the Reichswehr.
1925, April 1 - Promoted Lieutenant.
1925 - Serving in 7th (Bavarian) Field Artillery Regt.
1926-1927 - Serving in 2nd Transport Unit.
1928-1932 - Serving in 7th Field Artillery Regt.
1929, December 1 - Promoted Captain
? - Promoted Major
1939, June 1 - Shown (in Book Order of Battle) as commanding 1st Bde., 33rd Field Artillery Regt.
? - Promoted Lieutenant Colonel
1939, December 27 - Reported by prisoner of war, shortly before this date, to be commanding 179th Field Artillery Regt., on the Saar Front.

The last item was reported under the name PAPINGER, but there can be no doubt as to the attribution. The appointment, as commander of 179th Field Artillery Regt., of an officer previously commanding a Bde. of 33rd Field Artillery Regt., provides confirmation (if that ere needed) of the formation of 79th Division in XII Corps Area.

 

BAECHER, Rudolf (23 June 1880 - )

1880, June 23 - Born

 

BADE, Hans-Albert (1 January 1879 - 6 April 1959)



http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalmajor/BADE_HANS.html

 

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BADER, Paul (20 July 1883–28 February 1971)



1883, July 20 - Born
Circa 1904 - First Commissioned
1913, November 20 - Promoted Lieutenant
1914, May 1 - Adjutant of 80th (3rd Upper Alsatian) Field Artillery Regt.
1914-1918 - War Service: Regimental and Staff (ultimately Adjutant to 11th Artillery Commander in 6th Bavarian Army).
Decorations: Iron Cross (1st Class); Knight’s Cross (1st Class, with Swords) of the Frederick Order, Wuettemberg; Knight’s Cross (2nd Class) with Swords and bar) of the Order of the Lion of Zaehringen, Baden; Hamburg Hanseatic Cross.
1915, April 18 - Promoted Captain.
After the War, transferred to the Reichswehr.
1921 - Commanding 6 Bty., 5th Field Artillery Regt.
1925 - On Staff of 2nd Bde., above Regt.
1925, December 1 - Promoted Major.
1926-1927 - On Staff of 3rd Cavalry Division.
1928 - Commanding 6 Bty., 5th Field Artillery Regt.
1929-1930 - On Staff of Inspector of Artillery, War Ministry.
1930, April 1 - Promoted Lieutenant Colonel.
1931, May 1 - On Staff of 1st Bde., 6th Field Artillery Regt.
1931, June 1 - To command above Bde.
1933, February, 1 - Promoted Colonel.
1933, April 1 - To command 5th Field Artillery Regt.
1936, January 1 - Promoted to Major General, Artillery Commander, II Corps.
1936, April 1 - To command 2nd Division.
1938, January 1 - Promoted to Lieutenant General, retains command of above (motorised) division.
1940, April 9 - To judge by a photograph, commanding the motorised division which invaded DENMARK from Flensburg area.
[Handwritten additions:]
1941, July 1 - Promoted General.
1942, April 10 - Commanding LXV Corps, G.O.C., Serbia.
1942, October 3 - Still Commanding LXV Corps in Serbia.


Clean-shaven, with beaky nose and double chin; he has put on a good deal of weight during the past ten years. In the same period, he has been passed by most of his contemporaries in the promotion field; yet his previous career ought to have given him admirable qualifications for the successful command of a motorised division.

[Handwritten addition:]
1942, October 10 - C.-in-C. armed forces in S.E.


M.I.3.b.
17 April 1940.










http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bader

 

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(Badinsky, 3rd from right)



BADINSKY, Kurt (17 May 1890 – 27 February 1966)



M.I.14/744.
British SECRET = U.S. CONFIDENTIAL


Circa 1892 - Born
1911, June 16 - Commissioned Leutnant in 9 (Lauenburg) Jaeger Battalion.
1914-1918 - War Service: Regimental (including service with the Turkish Army).
Decorations: House Order of Hohenzollern; Iron Cross (1st Class); Wound Badge; Bavarian, Hamburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Austro-Hungarian, Turkish and Bulgarian decorations.
Probably 1916 - Promoted Oberleutnant
After the War, transferred to the Hundred Thousand Army.
1921 - Serving in 6 Infantry Regiment.
1923, October 1 - Promoted Hauptman.
1925-1926 - Commanding 2 Coy., above regiment.
1927-1929 - Commanding 15 Coy., 2 Infantry Regiment (in which regiment were the present G.A.F. Generals QUADE, STUDEN and RAMCKE).
1930-1932 - Commanding 2 Coy., above Regiment.
1932-1939 - No particulars are available of his service during the first part of this period, in the course of which he was promoted Major (probably late in 1932 or at the beginning of 1933) and Oberstleutnant (probably early 1936); but by December 1937 he was commanding I Battalion, 16 Infantry Regiment (in 22 Infantry Division), which he continued to command until mobilisation in August 1939.
1938, August 1 - Commanding above battalion, promoted Oberst.
1939, August 27 - On mobilisation assumed command of 489 Infantry Regiment (in 269 Infantry Division, which was formed in the BREMEN area, the peace station of 22 Infantry Division).
1941, October 17 - Commanding above regiment (in the LENINGRAD sector), awarded the Ritterkreuz.
1942, February 1 - Appointed Acting Commander of 23 Infantry Division (then on the Central Sector of the Russian front).
1942, March 1 - Promoted Generalmajor and confirmed in command of above division.
1942, July 10 - Transferred from above command to G.H.Q. Pool, attached H.Q. Wehrkreis X. For some weeks after this date he was on leave, amongst other things giving lectures in BREMEN on his experiences in the Russian campaign.
1942, September 1 - Appointed Commander of 269 Infantry Division (in which he had previously commanded a regiment).
1943, February 1 - Reported P.W. (believed reliable) to be with 269 Infantry Division in the BERGEN sector, NORWAY.

M.I.14.b.
6 February 1943.

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SECRET

C.S.D.I.C. (U.K.)

Generalleutnant Kurt BADINSKY

Commander 276 Inf. Div. when captured.
1944, August 10 - Captured BAILLEUL
1944, August 23 - Arrived: No. 2 D.C.
1944, August 25 - Arrived: No. 11 Camp
1944, September 23 - Left.

CIRCUMSTANCES OF CAPTURE
PW and four of his staff officers in attempting, with the help of an SS ‘Abteilung’ which had tanks, a withdrawal across the river DIVES, got involved in an engagement with Canadian forces, then found themselves forced to proceed on foot, took refuge in a castle where they barricaded themselves in, but were given away by the French, were surrounded and captured.

CAREER
1941, October - Believed to have been C.O., 489 Inf. Regt.
1942, March - Promoted Generalmajor, G.O.C. 23 Inf. Div.
1942, December - GOC 269 Inf. Div. in NORWAY, awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
1943, March - Promoted Generalleutnant, continued as GOC 269 Inf. Div. until 1944.
1944, April - GOC 276 Inf. Div., then manning a sector covering BAX, BIARRITZ and part of the PIRENEES.

NOTES
A professional soldier, having the honour of the soldier at heart. Anti-Nazi, though not openly an enemy of the regime. He confessed to loathing for HIMMLER, called HITLER an ape and condemned his policy as disastrous, but was horrified that the (20th July) attempt on HITLER’s life was made by Generals. He criticised senior Army officers and muddles made by Army High Command. He expected GERMANY’s complete defeat and utter collapse and even welcomed the prospect of the SEYDLITZ movement gaining control in GERMANY in the future.






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Badinski
http://collections.msdiglib.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/mafm/id/42/rec/6

 

BAESSLER, Erich

Circa 1891 - Born.
1910, June 1 - Gazetted Second Lieutenant.
1914-1918 - Served in 154 Infantry Regiment (5 Niederschles)
1919 - Retired with rank of Captain.
1938, January 1 - Promoted Colonel, in 65 Infantry Regiment.
1941, October 6 - Commanding 399 Infantry Regiment (170 Div) recommended for German Cross in gold.
1942, January 1 - Promoted Major-General.
1942, May - Commanding 377 Infantry Division in KURSK sector.
1943, December - Commanding 19 GAF Division.
1944, August 2 - Left Belgium for Italy.
1944, August 10 - Alleged to have been executed for cowardice.

No reports on personality and no known connection with Nazi Party.

M.I.14.b.
22 June 1945

 

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BALCK, Hermann (7 December 1897 – 29 November 1982)


M.I.14/744
SECRET

1893, December 7 - Born DANZIG, son of Lieutenant General BALCK.
1914-1918 - War Service: Gazetted Second Lieutenant in 10th (Hanover) Rifle Bn., saw service on Western and Italian fronts.
Decorations: House Order of Hohenzollern; Iron Cross (1st Class); Wound Badge; Bavarian Military Service Cross (4th Class, with Swords); Austro-Hungarian Military Service Cross (3rd Class).
After the War, transferred to the Reichswehr.
1921 - On Staff of 1st Bn., 17th Infantry Regt.
1923 - Transferred to 18th Cavalry Regt.
1924, May 1 - Promoted Lieutenant.
1925 - Serving in 1st Sqn., 18th Cavalry Regt.
1926-1928 - Serving in Training Sqn., above Regt.
1929, February 1 - Promoted Captain.
1929-1932 - Commanding 2nd Sqn., above Regt.
Probably in 1936 - Promoted Major.
1935 - To command 1st Cyclist Bn (in 1st Cavalry Brigade) at Tilsit.
Probably in 1939 - Promoted Lieutenant Colonel.
1940, May 18 - Mentioned in Despatches for his services, in command of a lorried cavalry regt. South-East of Sedan.
1940, June 5 - Awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross for the above operations, and for the subsequent attack on ABBEVILLE.
1940, September 1 - Promoted Colonel.
1940, June - Commanding 1 Lorried Infantry Bde.
1942, May - Given command of 11 Pz Div in Russia.
1942, August 1 - Promoted Major General.
1942, December 23 - Awarded the Oak Leaves for leadership of 11 Pz Div in DON Bend fighting.
1943, January 1 - Promoted Lieutenant General.
1943, March 4 - Still commanding above division, awarded Oak Leaves with Swords.
1943, June - Commanded “Grossdeutschland” Division for a short time.
1944, March - Commanding 48 Pz Corps at TARNOPOL.
1944, August 31 - Commanding 4 Pz Army in Army Group North Ukraine, awarded Oak Leaves with Diamonds, the highest German award.


Reported to be a keen Nazi, but a really clever man and fine soldier.


M.I.14.b.
14 October 1944

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PF/5 October 1944

NAZIS IN THE NEWS
LXIII.
German Generals in the West:
Hermann BALCK
(This material may be used without restriction, provided the source is not quoted)

DNB (European) 5th October 1944”
“The importance which the Germans attach to mechanical or motorised weapons reveals itself in the fact that in the West apart from Field Marshal RUNDSTEDT and Colonel General BLASKOWITZ, Field Marshal MODEL and General BALCK are commanding troops ... ”
(Extract from Front Survey by M. Hallensleben)

The manner in which these four names have been quoted by Hallensleben does not justify any definite conclusions about the distribution of commands on the Western Front. It contains however the first public German confirmation that RUNSTEDT has returned to the front. RUNSTEDT would thus appear to have taken over once more the post of C.-in-C. in the West (formally filled by KLUGE); and MODEL is presumably filling the place of ROMMEL, as commander of the Northern of the two German Army Groups in the West. BLASKOWITZ presumably continues in command of the (remnants of the) Army Group formerly stationed in the South of France. BALCK may be in command of new Third Army Group in the West or he may have become “General der Panzertruppen West”, in succession to GEYR von SCHWEPPENBURG, who has disappeared. All the above mentioned generals have been dealt with in earlier issues of “Nazis in the News” with the exception of :

Hermann BALCK.
He is the son of a general. He was born in Danzig in 1893, but has been resident in Berlin for a long time. BALCK was already in the German Army when World War I broke out and was first commissioned (Goslar Chasseur Battaillon) in August 1914. Throughout the war BALCK served in the front line, distinguished himself by great bravery and daring, and was wounded no less than seven times.

He was taken over by the Reichswehr in 1920 (joining a cavalry regiment), became “Rittmeister” (cavalry captain) in 1929 and Major in 1935, taking over in that year the command of a cyclist battalion. In 1938 he became Lieutenant Colonel and was posted to the




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Balck

 

BAMLER, Rudolf (6 May 1896 - 13 March 1972)

Circa 1896 - Born
1914 (After 1914, May 1) - First commissioned in 59th Field Artillery Regt.
1914-1918 - War Service: Regimental
Decorations: Iron Cross (1st Class).
1918, June 20 - Promoted Lieutenant
After the War, transferred to the Reichswehr.
1925-1927 - Serving in 3rd Field Artillery Regt.
1927, October 1 - Transferred to the War Ministry.
1927, November 1 - Promoted Captain
1928-1932 - At the War Ministry (in Foreign Armies Section of de facto General Staff).
1930, June 25 - Arrived in ENGLAND on a private visit, to study the English language and attend Hendon Air Display.
Probably 1932 [Handwritten addition: 1934] - Promoted Major.
1936, August 1 - Promoted Lieutenant Colonel
1939, April 1 - Promoted Colonel with seniority 1 March 1939.
1939, October 26 - Chief of Staff to Lieutenant General BOCK, GOC XX Corps Area (with H.Q. Danzig), delivers a broadcast address from Danzig Wireless Station.
1940, January 12 - Attends a Naval function in Danzig.

No other evidence.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Bamler

 

BARCKHAUSEN, Franz (21 December 1882 - 3 May 1956)




1882, December 21 - Born
Circa 1901 - Gazetted Second Lieutenant
1912, January 27 - Promoted Lieutenant.
1914, May 1 - Adjutant of 21st (1st Upper Silesian) Field Artillery Regt.
1914-1918 - War Service: Regimental and General Staff (ultimately on Staff of 4th Army)
Decorations: House Order of Hohenzollern; Iron Cross (1st Class); Cross of Honour for War Service, Saxe-Meiningen.
1914, November 8 - Promoted Captain.
After the War, transferred to the Reichswehr.
1921 - Commanding a bty. in 3rd (Prussian) Field Artillery Regt.
1925 - Commanding 2 Bty., above Regt.
1926, February 1 - Promoted Major.
1926-1929 - At the War Ministry, serving in Army Ordnance Department.
1929, October 1 - To command 1st Transport Unit.
1929-1931 - Commanding above Unit.
1930, November 1 - Promoted Lieutenant Colonel.
1931, October 1 - Appointed Head of Army Equipment Section, Army Ordnance Department.
1933, April 1 - Promoted Colonel, retains above appointment.
1936, April 1 - Promoted Major General, holding appointment of Master of Ordnance. (“Heeresfeldzeugmeister”).
1937, December 30 - Artillery Commander, 24th Division
1938, March 1 - Promoted Lieutenant General, retains above appointment.
1938, April 1 - Transferred to Specially Employed List.
? - Appointed Artillery Commander, IV Corps.
1939, May 9 - Head of German Military Mission to Slovakia.
1939, June 28 - Reported superseded from above appointment, owing to his critical attitude towards a plan for the occupation of Hungarian Slovakia.
1939, July 12 - Reported to be in the vicinity of Bratislava (Pressburg).
1939, November 8 - Finally superseded as Head of German Military Mission to Slovakia.
1940, June 4 - Attends sports at Krakau.
1940, December 23 - Head of Armaments Staff in France.
1942, March 2 - Still in above appointment.

No reports on appearance or personality.




http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/General/BARCKHAUSEN_FRANZ.html

 

BARENDS, Erwin (3 June 1880 - 29 March 1952)



http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalmajor/BARENDS_ERWIN.html

 

BARGER, Edward

1936 - 5th Division Commander and Military Commandant of Styria, to be 7th Divi. Commander and Military Commandant of Carinthia and Osttirol. Major General.
1938 - Retired after G. annex of A.
[Germany’s annex of Austria, Anschluss]

 

BASLER, Moritz

1886, December 24 - Born at Wartenberg, Bohemia; son of a Captain in the Austro-Hungarian Army.
Educated at the Military Technical School, Moedling, and at the Military College, Vienna.
1909, September 1 - First commissioned in Austro-Hungarian Army.
1914 - Second Lieutenant, seconded to Staff College from 8th Sapper Battalion.
1914-1918 - War Service: General Staff (on Staff of 7th Mountain Bde. during Serbian Campaign, 1914, and on the Italian Front).
Decorations: Austro-Hungarian Order of the Iron Crown (3rd Class) and Military Service Cross (3rd Class), and lesser decorations; German Iron Cross (2nd Class).
Probably 1914 - Promoted Lieutenant.
? - Promoted Captain
After the War, transferred to the Austrian Federal Army.
1918-1920 - Chief of Staff to the Military Governor, LINZ.
? - Promoted Major.
? - Promoted Lieutenant Colonel.
1932, August 17 - Promoted Colonel.
1934 - Second-in-Command, 4th Austrian Brigade, LINZ.
1936 - Head of the Operations Section in the Defence Department, Federal War Ministry, Vienna; now possessing the Knight’s Cross (1st Class) of the Austrian Service Order.
1938 - After the Anschluss, transferred to the German Army, retaining the rank of Colonel.
? - To command 26th Infantry Regt.
1938, October 1 - Promoted Major General.
? - Vacates above appointment.

Married in 1916, but has no children.


M.I.3.b.
22 February 1940.

 

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BASSENGE, Gerhard (18 November 1897 - 13 March 1977)


SECRET
C.S.D.I.C. (U.K.)

Generalmajor
Gerd BASSENGE


GOC Air Defence TUNIS & BIZERTA
1943, May 9 - Captured TUNISIA

1943, May 16 - Arrived No. 11 Camp


CIRCUMSTANCES OF CAPTURE
Surrendered with German Army in TUNISIA.


CAREER
1914-1918 - War Service: Regimental in 29 (3 Rhein) Infantry Regiment.
Decorations: Iron Cross 1st Class.
After the War transferred to the Reichswehr.
1925 - Serving in Cavalry Regiment 1.
1930 - Visited HENDON Pageant.
1932, February - Promoted Hauptmann in Infantry Regiment 6.
1939, September - Promoted Oberst.
1939, September 1 - 1940, January 31 - Luftgau Kdo. XVII.
1940, February 1 - 1940, May 31 - Gen. z.b.V. ?
1940, July 16 - 1940, October 4 - Luftflotten Kdo. 5.
1940, October 5 - 1943, February 22 - Chief of G.A.F. mission to the Roumanians and liaison with General ANTONESCU.
L.F.4, 1.A. Koluft Army Group South.
1941 - Liaison Staff Obst. B. Re. Fl. K. IV. Ops. (ODESSA area)
Succeeded Oberstleutnant KOESTER as O.C. Close Support North At KHARKOV. Fl. K. IV.
1943, January 1 - Promoted Generalmajo.
1943, February 23 - Commandant of BIZERTA-TUNIS defences.

DECORATIONS
1939, November 15 - Clasp to E.K.II
1940, May 25 - Clasp to E.K.I
1941, February 22 - Roumanian Pilot’s Badge
1941, May 9 - ‘Skaua Rom. Commander’
1941, May 11 - Bulgarian Pilot’s Badge
1941, September 19 - ‘Virtuten Aeronutica on Spade clasa ofiter (Roumanian)’
1942, May 10 - Roumanian War Medal ‘Crusade against Bolshevism’
1942, July 30 - German Cross in Gold
1942, September 24 - Order of Michael the Brave, Class II
1942, September 3 - Eastern Front Medal


NOTES
Previously a technician. Very intelligent, with an orderly mind, which is perhaps due to his long staff training. Has offered to collaborate with us in getting rid of the Nazis and stopping the war, and his statement that no selfish motives underlie this offer may be believed.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Bassenge

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BAUER, Paul (18 June 1880 - )

 

BAUMGARTNER, Richard

Circa 1885 - Born in Austria.
Circa 1906 - First commissioned in Austro-Hungarian Army.
1911, November 1 - Promoted Lieutenant.
1914 - Serving in 14th Austro-Hungarian Sapper Battalion.
1914-1918 - War Service: No particulars available.
Decorations: Austro-Hungarian Order of the Iron Cross (3rd Class) and Military Service Cross (3rd Class).
? - Promoted Captain.
After the War, transferred to the Austrian Federal Army.
? - Promoted Major.
1932, July 19 - Promoted Lieutenant Colonel.
1934 - Serving in 4th Austrian Pioneer Battalion; already possessing Austrian Republican Good Service Badge (Gold).
1936 - Acting Commander of above Unit; now also possessing Austrian Republican Military Service Cross (3rd Class).
Probably 1936 - Promoted Colonel.
1938 - After the Anschluss, transferred to German Army, retaining the rank of Colonel.
1939, December 1 - Promoted Major General.

No record of his employment in the employment in the German Army, or of either his appearance or his character. It may be supposed, however, that his professional interest and attainments as an Engineer officer are of greater weight with him than political principles.

M.I.3.b.
25 February 1940

 

BAUMBACH, Walter (30 March 1882 - ?)

 

BAYER, Friedrich (? - 1952)

1914-1918 - War Service cannot be traced.
He is not shown in any Army List.
1934- In the civilian police force at Duesseldorf.
? - Re-employed with the Army.
1935, September 27 - Commanding an Inf. Bn. at HALLE.
1938 - Colonel commanding 77th Inf. Regt.
1938, October 1 - Promoted Major General. [Handwritten additions hereafter] Senior Officer COLOGNE Garrison.
1938, December 19 - Commanding Garrison at BONN.
1940, October 2 - Promoted Lieutenant General.
1941, April 8 - Relinquishes appointment as Commandant of STRASBOURG.
1941, March 15 - Commanding Sich. Div. 281


[Handwritten addition]
1944, June 15 - His last command was 153 F. Aust. Div.
1944, September 11 - PW Russia
1952 - Died as PW.