The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Giovanni Cerio

Cerio, Giovanni

Major-General

* 31st of May 1884

Promotions

1926-05-26 Lieutenant-Colonel (Seniority from 1923-06-30)
1930-12-29 Colonel
1937-09-09 Brigadier-General (Seniority from 1937-07-01)
1940-05-31 Major-General (Seniority from 1940-01-01)

Service

1927-04-19 Attached to 225th Infantry Regiment
1927-04-19 1929-03-21 Attached to Royal Colonial Troops Corps Cyrenaica
1929-03-21 Attached to 52nd Infantry Regiment
1933-07-01 Commanding Officer Cosenza Military District
1933-07-01 At disposal of Napoli Corps
1936-XX-XX Commanding Officer 3rd Colonial Infantry Regiment
1937-09-09 1938-01-21 Attached to the Ministry of Italian Africa
1938-01-21 1938-09-02 Attached to Bologna Corps
1938-09-02 1939-02-01 Commanding Officer Pescara Military Zone
1939-02-01 Deputy General Officer Commanding 16th Infantry Division "Fossalta"
1939-11-01 Deputy General Officer Commanding 16th Infantry Division "Pistoia"
1939-11-01 1939-11-15 Commanding Officer Frontier Guards, XIV Corps
1939-11-15 Attached to Bologna Corps
1940-06-10 1940-07-05 General Officer Commanding 29th Infantry Division "Piemonte"
1940-07-05 1940-07-09 Attached to the Ministry of Italian Africa
1940-07-09 1940-12-11 General Officer Commanding 1st Libyan Division
1940-12-11 Prisoner of War