The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Kenichirō Miyashita

Miyashita, Kenichirō

Lieutenant-General

* 17th of March 1892

† 4th of May 1959

(宮下健一郎)

(みやした けんいちろう)

Promotions

1938-07-15 Colonel
1941-10-15 Major-General
1945-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1938-07-15 1939-12-06 Staff Officer, Eastern Defence Command
1939-12-06 1940-12-11 Commanding Officer 10th Infantry Regiment
1940-12-19 1941-05-29 Attached to 54th Division
1941-05-29 1942-10-15 Attached to Army Ordnance Headquarters
1942-10-15 1943-06-10 Attached to Army Ordnance Administrative Headquarters
1942-10-15 1943-06-10 Attached to Army Intendancy School
1943-06-10 1944-01-07 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 32nd Division
1944-01-07 1944-11-02 Commanding Officer 1st Independent Infantry Brigade [China]
1944-11-02 1945-04-01 Commanding Officer 1st Border Defence Unit
1945-04-01 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 157th Division