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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Ernst Hammer

Hammer, Ernst

Lieutenant-General

* 20th of October 1884

† 2nd of December 1957

Promotions

1924-06-01 Lieutenant-Colonel (Austrian Army)
1930-10-14 Colonel (Austrian Army)
1935-12-22 Major-General (Austrian Army)
1940-11-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1923-05-02 1925-02-01 Attached to Brigade Command 1 (Austrian Army)
1925-02-01 1928-11-01 Attached to the Ministry for Army Affairs (Austrian Army)
1928-11-01 1929-01-01 Attached to 2nd Infantry Regiment (Austrian Army)
1929-01-01 1929-11-01 Attached to the Inspectorate of the Army (Austrian Army)
1929-11-01 1936-01-01 Attached to the Ministry for Army Affairs (Austrian Army)
1936-01-01 1936-10-01 Attached to the General Staff (Austrian Army)
1936-10-01 1938-03-15 Commandant of the Army Arsenal (Austrian Army)
1938-03-15 Transferred to German Army
1938-03-15 1938-11-10 Executive Officer for Conversion of the Austrian State Armaments Operations
1938-11-10 1939-01-03 At disposal of the Commander in Chief of the Army
1939-01-03 1939-04-01 Attached to Artillery Commander 32
1939-04-01 1939-08-26 Artillery Commander 32
1939-08-26 1942-09-05 General Officer Commanding 75th Infantry Division
1942-09-05 1942-10-20 Ill
1942-10-20 1942-11-10 Unemployed
1942-11-10 1944-09-04 General Officer Commanding Division 190
1944-09-04 1945-04-13 General Officer Commanding 190th Infantry Division
1945-04-13 1947-04-09 Prisoner of War, US Captivity
1947-04-09 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299782