The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yoshitada Shimokawa

Shimokawa, Yoshitada

Lieutenant-General

* 2nd of April 1886

† 19th of April 1944

(下川義忠)

(しもかわ よしただ)

Promotions

1936-08-01 Colonel
1940-08-01 Major-General
1944-04-19 Lieutenant-General (Posthumously)

Service

1936-08-01 1938-09-05 Attached to Taiwan Army
1938-09-05 1939-09-18 Commanding Officer 47th Infantry Regiment
1939-09-18 1940-02-24 Commanding Officer 101st Infantry Regiment
1940-02-24 1942-04-01 Commanding Officer Sakai Regimental District
1942-04-01 1942-12-01 Commanding Officer Osaka Regimental District
1942-12-01 1943-08-23 Chief of Administration Section, 4th Division
1943-08-23 1944-02-10 Chief of Administration Section, 4th Depot Division
1944-02-10 1944-04-19 Commanding Officer 10th Field Replacement Unit
1944-04-19 Killed in Action [China]