General der Gebirgstruppe Karl Eglseer Born: 05 Jul 1890 in Bad Ischl, District Gmunden, Upper Austria (Ober�sterreich) Died: 23 Jun 1944 near Hartberg, Styria (Steiermark) (Air Crash)
Promotions:
Kadett-Offiziers-Stellvertreter (18 Aug 1908); Leutnant (01 May 1911); Oberleutnant (01 Aug 1914); Hauptmann (14 May 1918); Major (Titel) (08 Jul 1921); Stabs-Hauptmann (01 Mar 1923); Major (27 Sep 1927); Oberstleutnant (08 Sep 1932); Oberst (17 Jun 1935); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Feb 1943); General der Gebirgstruppe (01 Mar 1944)
Career:
Entered Austrian Army Service (18 Aug 1908)
Passed Out of Infantry-Cadet-School Marburg/Drau as Kadett-Offiziers-Stellvertreter in the 87th Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1908-20 Dec 1910)
Company-Officer and Regiments-Telegraph-Officer in the 87th Infantry-Regiment (20 Dec 1910-28 Jul 1914)
Regiments Patrol and Telegraph Officer, and Temporary Leader of the 5th then 6th Field-Companies of the 87th Infantry-Regiment (28 Jul 1914-08 Sep 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (08 Sep 1914-01 Nov 1914)
Training-Officer in the 87th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1914-10 Dec 1914)
Company-Officer in the March-Company then in the 7th Field-Company of the 87th Infantry-Regiment (10 Dec 1914-24 Dec 1914)
Severely Wounded, in Russian Captivity and in Russian Hospital (24 Dec 1914-18 Mar 1918)
Released from the Military Hospital in St. Petersburg in an Exchange of wounded prisoners, transferred into the Military Hospital XIX, Grinzing, Vienna (18 Mar 1918-21 Jun 1918)
Transferred into the Replacement-Battalion of the 87th Infantry-Regiment, in Hospital Number 7, Graz and in Field-Hospital 904 (21 Jun 1918-03 Sep 1918)
Director of Training with the Replacement-Battalion of the 87th Infantry-Regiment (03 Sep 1918-01 Nov 1918)
Assigned to the Military-Committee Klagenfurt (01 Nov 1918-03 Nov 1918)
Assigned to the II. Replacement-Company of the 7th Infantry-Regiment, Klagenfurt (03 Nov 1918-07 Nov 1918)
Transferred to the Military-Police in Klagenfurt (07 Nov 1918-14 Nov 1918)
Commander of Naval-Company Klagenfurt in the 3rd Volkswehr-Battalion (14 Nov 1918-12 Dec 1918)
Section-Commandant Velden (12 Dec 1918-12 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the Volkswehr-Battalion IV Feldkirchen (12 Oct 1919-17 Dec 1919)
Commander of the Naval-Company in the 3rd Volkswehr-Battalion (17 Dec 1919-15 May 1920)
Company-Commander in the 11th Alpine-J�ger-Regiment (15 May 1920-01 Dec 1922)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 11th Alpine-J�ger-Regiment (01 Dec 1922-01 Jan 1925)
Company-Commander in the 11th Alpine-J�ger-Regiment (01 Jan 1925-01 Nov 1926)
Transferred into the 5th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1926-27 Sep 1927)
Transferred back into the 11th Alpine-J�ger-Regiment (27 Sep 1927-01 Oct 1928)
Assigned to the Army-Administration-Office Klagenfurt (01 Oct 1928-25 Jan 1931)
Transferred to the Army-Administration-Office Klagenfurt (25 Jan 1931-01 Mar 1931)
Transferred to the Staff of Brigade-Command 3 (01 Mar 1931-01 Nov 1935)
Transferred to the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Nov 1935-01 Sep 1936)
Chief Of Staff of the 6th Division (01 Sep 1936-14 Mar 1938)
Commander of the 6th Division (14 Mar 1938-31 Jul 1938)
Transferred into the German Army (15 Mar 1938)
Director of the Processing-Office of the 6th Austrian Division (31 Jul 1938-01 Aug 1938)
Commander of the 136th Mountain-J�ger-Regiment (01 Aug 1938-26 Aug 1939)
At the same time, Detached to the 36th Infantry-Regiment (09 Dec 1938-22 Mar 1939)
Chief Of The General Staff of the Replacement General-Command of the XVIII. Army-Corps (26 Aug 1939-01 Nov 1940)
Commander of the 4th Mountain-Division (01 Nov 1940-22 Oct 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (22 Oct 1942-01 Feb 1943)
Detached to the Staff of the Chief of Training Affairs in OKH (01 Feb 1943-20 Mar 1943)
Commander of the 114th J�ger-Division (20 Mar 1943-01 Dec 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Dec 1943-10 Dec 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of XVIII. Mountain-Corps (10 Dec 1943-01 Mar 1944)
Commanding General of XVIII. Mountain-Corps (01 Mar 1944-23 Jun 1944)
Killed in an Air Crash (23 Jun 1944)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz (619): am 23.10.1941 als Generalmajor und Kommandeur der 4. Gebirgs-Division
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Jubil�ums-Kreuz 1848-1908
- k.u.k. �sterr. Karl-Truppenkreuz
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration und Schwertern: 24.07.1918
- k.u.k. �sterr. Verwundetenmedaille mit 3. Mittelstreifen
- K�rntnerkreuz f�r Tapferkeit: 05.12.1919
- Goldenes Verdienstzeichen der Republik �sterreich: 14.10.1930
- �sterr. Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13.03.1938
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- 1939 EK I : 30.04.1941
- 1939 EK II: 30.04.1941
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Silber
- Medaille �Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942�: 01.08.1942
- Krimschild
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