The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shinshichirō Kokubun

Kokubun, Shinshichirō

Lieutenant-General

* 9th of November 1894

† 1st of June 1984

(国分新七郎)

(こくぶん しんしちろう)

Promotions

1938-03-01 Colonel
1941-08-25 Major-General
1944-10-26 Lieutenant-General

Service

1936-12-01 1937-11-01 Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
1937-11-01 1938-06-05 Attached to 5th Division
1938-06-05 1939-08-01 Senior Adjutant, Ministry of War
1939-08-01 1940-08-01 Commanding Officer 46th Infantry Regiment
1940-08-01 1941-09-11 Commanding Officer Cadets, Military Academy
1941-09-11 1942-06-02 Chief of Instruction Section, Military Academy
1942-06-02 1943-06-10 Commanding Officer 1st Independent Garrison Unit
1943-06-10 1944-11-14 Chief of Staff, 16th Army
1944-11-14 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 46th Division [Malaya]