The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shiyoku Kō

Kō, Shiyoku

Lieutenant-General

* 4th of March 1890

† 26th of September 1946

(洪 思翊)

(こう しよく)

Promotions

1934-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-03-01 Colonel
1941-03-01 Major-General
1944-10-26 Lieutenant-General

Service

1938-02-18 1939-03-10 Staff Officer, Special Agency, Central China Expeditionary Army
1939-03-10 1940-09-28 Investigator, Central China Coordination Bureau
1939-09-28 1940-08-01 Attached to China Expeditionary Army
1940-08-01 1941-03-01 Attached to 1st Depot Division
1941-03-01 1942-04-17 Commanding Officer 108th Infantry Brigade
1942-04-17 1944-03-02 Attached to the Non-commissioned Officers' School
1944-03-02 1944-12-30 Head of Prisoner of War Camps on Philippines
1944-12-XX 1945-09-02 Inspector of Prisoner of War Camps, 14th Area Army [Philippines]
1946-08-18 Condemned to death as a war criminal
1946-09-29 Hanged