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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Walter Hinghofer

Hinghofer, Walter

Lieutenant-General

* 19th of May 1885

† 17th of February 1951

Promotions

1930-01-24 Lieutenant-Colonel (Austrian Army)
1933-09-23 Colonel (Austrian Army)
1939-06-01 Major-General
1941-07-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1926-11-01 1930-12-01 Attached to 4th Brigade Command (Austrian Army)
1930-12-01 1932-10-15 Director of Army Administration Office, Klagenfurt (Austrian Army)
1932-10-15 1934-12-01 Attached to 2nd Brigade Command (Austrian Army)
1934-12-01 1935-12-01 Attached to the Federal Ministry for National Defence (Austrian Army)
1935-12-01 1938-03-15 Chief of Staff, 7th Division (Austrian Army)
1938-03-15 Transferred to the German Army
1938-03-15 1938-08-01 Leader of the Liquidation Command, former 7th Austrian Division
1938-08-01 1938-09-01 Attached to 139th Mountain Infantry Regiment
1938-09-01 1939-01-04 Attached to 3rd Mountain Division
1938-09-01 1939-01-04 Attached to Mountain Artillery Regiment, 3rd Mountain Division
1939-01-04 1939-08-22 Attached to Military Replacement Inspection, Innsbruck
1939-08-22 1940-01-17 General for Special Employment with XVIII Corps
1940-01-17 1940-02-09 Attached to Exploration Staff with Commander in Chief East
1940-02-09 1941-07-02 Chief of Exploration Staff East
1941-07-02 1941-11-19 General Officer Commanding 342nd Infantry Division
1941-11-19 1942-10-25 General Officer Commanding 717th Infantry Division
1942-10-25 1943-01-27 Unemployed
1943-01-27 1943-02-12 General for Special Employment with Army Group Don
1943-02-12 1944-01-15 General for Special Employment with Army Group South
1944-01-15 1944-03-18 Unemployed
1944-03-18 1944-08-20 Director of Control Commission Riga
1944-08-20 1944-12-31 Attached to Military District XVII
1944-12-31 Retired
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299866