The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shigeru Katagiri

Katagiri, Shigeru

Lieutenant-General

* 18th of March 1892

† 28th of April 1944

(片桐 茂)

(かたぎり しげる)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1939-08-01 Major-General
1942-12-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1936-01-24 1937-11-01 Commanding Officer 27th Cavalry Regiment
1937-11-01 1939-08-01 Chief of Staff, 1st Division
1939-08-01 1939-09-12 Attached to the Army Cavalry School
1939-09-12 1940-12-02 Commanding Officer 1st Cavalry Brigade
1940-12-02 1941-03-01 Attached to the Inspectorate of Cavalry
1941-03-01 1943-07-02 Vice-Director of Remount Policy
1943-07-02 1944-04-28 General Officer Commanding 20th Division [New Guinea]
1944-04-28 Killed in Action