The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Tjalling Bakker

Bakker, Tjalling

Lieutenant-General

* 7th of October 1885

† 18th of April 1962

Promotions

1931-02-03 Lieutenant-Colonel
1933-02-23 Colonel
1935-06-11 Major-General
1939-07-29 Lieutenant-General

Service

1931-02-03 1933-02-22 Senior Officer, KNIL General Staff [Dutch East Indies]
1933-02-22 1934-10-XX Commanding Officer 2nd KNIL Regiment [Dutch East Indies]
1934-10-XX 1935-06-11 Commanding Officer 6th KNIL Regiment [Dutch East Indies]
1935-06-11 1939-07-29 General Officer Commanding 1st KNIL Division [Dutch East Indies]
1939-07-29 Retired
1941-XX-XX Chairman of the Local Mobilization Council [Dutch East Indies]
1942-08-17 1945-08-19 Prisoner of War
Picture source: From: "Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indièˆ", 15.01.1937.