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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Gaetano Spiller

Spiller, Gaetano

Lieutenant-General

* 22nd of September 1877

† 26th of December 1953

Promotions

1916-03-30 Lieutenant-Colonel (Seniority from 1916-02-15)
1916-11-23 Colonel (Seniority from 1916-11-01)
1917-04-15 Colonel (Seniority from 1916-08-03)
1917-05-26 Temporary Brigadier-General (Brigadiere General)
1918-04-18 Releasing the Temporary rank of Brigadier-General (Brigadiere General)
1919-09-18 Brigadier-General (Brigadiere General)(Seniority from 1918-06-20)
1926-05-22 Major-General (Seniority from 1926-03-30)
1931-01-05 Lieutenant-General (Seniority from 1930-12-18)

Service

1916-11-19 1917-09-15 Chief of Staff, XIII Corps
1917-09-29 1917-10-24 Commanding Officer Brigade "Elba"
1917-10-26 1918-XX-XX Prisoner of War
1920-02-24 1921-01-16 Commanding Officer Infantry Brigade "Savona"
1921-01-16 1921-04-02 At disposal
1921-04-02 1921-12-01 Commanding Officer Infantry Brigade "Avellino
1921-12-01 1923-08-27 Commanding Officer Infantry Brigade "Siena"
1923-08-27 1926-05-22 Commanding Officer Infantry Brigade "Avellino"
1926-05-22 1927-01-05 General Officer Commanding Territorial Military Division Cuneo
1927-01-05 1928-11-01 General Officer Commanding Territorial Military Division Milano
1928-11-01 1931-01-05 General Officer Commanding Territorial Military Division Novara
1931-01-05 1931-05-01 At disposal
1931-05-01 1935-01-16 General Officer Commanding Torino Corps
1935-01-16 1935-09-22 Attached to the Ministry of War
1937-09-22 1940-01-01 Unemployed
1939-04-17 1943-08-05 Member of the Commission for the Armed Forces
1940-01-01 Retired
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