The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yoshitomi Tamura

Tamura, Yoshitomi

Lieutenant-General

* 8th of June 1897

† 11th of August 1944

(田村義富)

(たむら よしとみ)

Promotions

1939-03-09 Colonel
1943-08-02 Major-General
1944-08-11 Lieutenant-General (Posthumously)

Service

1937-08-12 1938-07-15 Senior Staff Officer, Military Affairs Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1938-07-15 1939-09-11 Staff Officer, Northern China Area Army
1939-09-11 1940-10-09 Chief of Manoeuvres Section, Northern China Area Army
1940-10-09 1943-08-02 Chief of Strategy Branch, Kwantung Army
1943-08-02 1944-02-XX Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
1943-08-02 1944-02-25 Chief of Replenishment Section, Kwantung Army
1943-08-02 1945-02-25 Chief ? Branch, Supply Inspectorate, Kwantung Army
1944-02-XX 1944-03-04 Attached to Imperial Headquarters
1944-03-04 1944-07-14 Deputy Chief of Staff, Central Pacific Fleet
1944-07-14 1944-08-11 Chief of Staff 31st Army [Caroline Islands]
1944-08-11 Committed suicide [Caroline Islands]