(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Robert Bader
Born: 14 Mar 1899 in Landau, Isar
Died: 09 May 1945 (Professed Dead)
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (07 Jan 1918); F�hnrich (28 May 1918); Leutnant (12 Aug 1918); Oberleutnant (31 Jul 1925); Hauptmann (01 Jul 1933); Major (01 Jan 1937); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1939); Oberst (01 Feb 1942); Generalmajor (20 Apr 1945)
Career:
Entered Army Service (19 Apr 1917)
Fahnenjunker in the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (19 Apr 1917-21 Oct 1918)
Training Course for Fahnenjunker in Grafenw�hr (03 Jul 1917-17 Sep 1917)
Fahnenjunker Course in Freising (15 Jun 1918-14 Sep 1918)
Temporary-Company-Leader in the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (21 Oct 1918-01 Nov 1918)
Company-Leader in the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1918-06 Nov 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (06 Nov 1918-12 Nov 1918)
Company-Leader in the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (12 Nov 1918-12 Dec 1918)
Temporary-Company-Leader in the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (12 Dec 1918-01 Jan 1919)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1919-22 Feb 1919)
Company-Officer in the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (22 Feb 1919-10 May 1919)
Transferred into the 42nd Rifle-Regiment (10 May 1919-28 Aug 1919)
Transferred into the 42nd Mountain-Infantry-Battalion (28 Aug 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 42nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the 19th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1929)
Detached to MG-Course in Grafenw�hr (18 Sep 1924-15 Oct 1924)
Weapon School Course in Dresden (01 Oct 1926-20 Feb 1927)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1931)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Course with the Staff of the 5th Division (01 Oct 1931-01 May 1934)
Advisor in RWM (01 May 1934-21 May 1935)
Advisor in RKM (21 May 1935-01 Jul 1935)
Advisor in the 2nd Department of the Army General Staff (01 Jul 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Company-Chief in the 19th Infantry-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-08 Jun 1938)
With the General-Staff of Army-Group-Command 2 (08 Jun 1938-10 Nov 1938)
Officer with Special Duties with the Commander-in-Chief of the Army (10 Nov 1938-01 Mar 1939)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 3rd Mountain-Division (01 Mar 1939-25 Sep 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve (25 Dec 1944-15 Jan 1941)
Quartermaster of the 15th Army (15 Jan 1941-10 Nov 1941)
Quartermaster of the 12th Army (10 Nov 1941-15 Sep 1942)
Quartermaster of the 6th Army (15 Sep 1942-01 Aug 1943)
Chief of the General-Staff of the XXV. Army-Corps (01 Aug 1943-25 Dec 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve (25 Dec 1944-26 Jan 1945)
Division Leaders Course (26 Jan 1945-22 Feb 1945)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 4th Mountain-Division (22 Feb 1945-06 Apr 1945)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 304th Infantry-Division (06 Apr 1945-17 Apr 1945)
Commander of the 97th J�ger-Division (17 Apr 1945-00 May 1945)
Missing-in-Action (00 May 1945)
Declared Dead (09 May 1945)

Awards & Decorations:
- - Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 19.02.1943 als Oberst und Quartiermeister der 6. Armee
- - 1939 EK I
- - 1939 EK II �S-
- - 1914 EK II
- - Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV Klasse mit Schwertern
- - Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung
- - Kriegsverdienstkreuz II Klasse mit Schwertern
- - Kriegsverdienstkreuz I Klasse mit Schwertern


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