The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Masakazu Matsumura

Matsumura, Masakazu

Lieutenant-General

* 24th of April 1884

(松村正員)

(まつむら まさかず)

Promotions

1928-08-10 Colonel
1933-08-01 Major-General
1937-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1928-03-24 1930-08-01 Instructor at the War College
1930-08-01 1931-08-01 Commanding Officer 1st Imperial Guards Regiment
1931-08-01 1933-08-01 Chief of Recruiting Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1933-08-01 1935-08-01 Commanding Officer 19th Infantry Brigade
1935-08-01 1937-02-08 Attached to 4th Division
1937-02-08 1938-03-01 Commandant of Shimonoseki Fortress
1938-03-01 1938-03-25 In reserve
1938-03-25 Retired