The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Gustav Adolph-Auffenberg-Komarów

Adolph-Auffenberg-Komarów, Gustav

Lieutenant-General

* 11th of July 1887

† 8th of February 1967

Promotions

1936-06-22 Lieutenant-Colonel (Austrian Army)
1938-03-13 Lieutenant-Colonel (Seniority from 1936-04-01)
1939-04-20 Colonel
1942-09-01 Major-General
1943-09-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1929-12-06 1937-04-26 Commanding Officer 8th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment (Austrian Army)
1937-04-26 1938-03-13 Staff Officer for Special Employment, 3rd Infantry Regiment (Austrian Army)
1938-03-13 Transferred to the German Army
1938-03-13 1938-06-25 Personal Adjutant to the Reich Governor of Austria
1938-06-25 1938-08-01 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment
1938-08-01 1939-10-26 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 85th Infantry Regiment
1939-10-26 1940-10-16 Commanding Officer 41st Infantry Regiment
1940-10-16 1942-09-05 Commanding Officer 453rd Infantry Regiment
1942-09-05 1944-07-27 General Officer Commanding 285th Security Division
1944-07-27 1944-08-14 Unemployed
1944-08-14 1944-09-05 Leader of Formation Staff, Infantry Division Döllersheim
1944-09-05 1944-12-13 Unemployed
1944-12-13 1945-05-05 General Officer Commanding Fortress Section Lower Rhine
1945-05-05 1946-09-26 Prisoner of War
1946-09-26 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299307