The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Aventino Caffo

Caffo, Aventino

Lieutenant-General

* 4th of February 1870

† 15th of August 1959

Promotions

1917-09-16 Colonel
1928-03-01 Brigadier-General
1934-05-31 Major-General (Seniority from 1934-01-10)
1936-05-18 Lieutenant-General (War merits)(Seniority from 1935-05-05)

Service

1913-07-XX 1917-04-03 Commanding Officer Engineers, Eritrea
1917-09-16 Attached to 1st Engineers Regiment
1917-09-16 At disposal
1918-XX-XX Commanding Officer Engineers, XXIII Corps
1918-12-19 At disposal
1918-12-19 1920-03-23 Director of Engineers, Palermo
1920-03-23 1920-06-03 Director of Central Automotive Directorate
1920-06-03 1921-10-15 Commandant of the Central School of Engineering
1921-10-16 1922-04-17 On leave
1922-05-01 1922-11-02 At disposal
1922-11-02 1923-11-01 Director of Engineers, Napoli
1923-11-01 1927-11-27 Commanding Officer Railroad Engineer Regiment
1927-11-27 1928-03-01 Acting Commanding Officer Engineers, Udine Corps
1928-03-01 1932-02-04 Commanding Officer Engineers, Udine Corps
1932-02-04 1935-04-16 Unemployed
1935-04-16 1935-05-03 at disposal of the Ministry of Colonies
1935-05-03 1936-06-06 General Officer Commanding Engineers, Italian East Africa General Headquarters
1936-06-06 At disposal of the Ministry of Italian Africa
1937-05-06 1937-05-11 At disposal
1937-05-11 1940-02-04 Unemployed
1940-02-04 Retired
Picture source: From "Arma del Genio nella Grande Guerra, vol. 7", 1940