The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Tomitarō Horii

Horii, Tomitarō

Lieutenant-General

* 7th of November 1890

† 19th of November 1942

(堀井富太郎)

(ほりい とみたろう)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1940-03-09 Major-General
1942-11-23 Lieutenant-General (Posthumously)

Service

1933-08-XX 1935-01-XX Assigned to Waseda University
1935-01-XX 1937-10-09 Attached to 12th Infantry Regiment
1937-10-09 1938-07-15 Attached to 8th Depot Division
1938-07-15 1940-03-09 Commanding Officer 78th Infantry Regiment
1940-03-09 1940-08-07 Attached to 11th Depot Division
1940-08-07 1942-11-23 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 55th Division
1941-11-XX 1942-11-23 General Officer Commanding South Sea Detachment [New Guinea]
1942-11-19 Killed in an accident
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley