(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Eugen Bilharz
Born: 06 Aug 1886 in Baden-Baden
Died: 08 Dec 1963 in Baden-Baden
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (27 Jan 1908); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (25 Feb 1908); F�hnrich (02 May 1908); Leutnant (23 Jan 1909); Oberleutnant (16 Oct 1914); Hauptmann (16 Nov 1916); Major (01 Oct 1929); Oberstleutnant (01 Dec 1933); Oberst (01 Oct 1935); Charakter als Generalmajor (01 Jun 1939); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Oct 1907)
Fahnenjunker in the 105th Saxon Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1907-07 Oct 1914)
Detached to the War School Metz (1908-01 Oct 1910)
Detached to the Munitions Factory Dresden for Training as a Weapons-Officer (01 Oct 1910-1911)
Detached to the Military Technical Academy (01 Oct 1913-10 Jul 1914)
Detached to the 4th Airship-Battalion, Airship Z VII (10 Jul 1914-31 JUl 1914)
Company-Leader in the 2nd Brigade-Replacement-Battalion 89 (07 OCt 1914-30 JUL 1916)
Shock-Troop-Leader with the 19th Replacement-Division (30 Jul 1916-07 Dec 1917)
Detached to the Staff of the 19th Replacement-Division (15 Sep 1917-19 Sep 1917)
Adjutant of the 45th Replacement-Brigade (07 Dec 1917-16 Aug 1918)
Commander of the II. Replacement-Battalion of the 32nd Infantry-Regiment (16 Aug 1918-01 Apr 1919)
Archive-Officer of the 105th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1919-11 Apr 1919)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 105th Infantry-Regiment (11 Apr 1919-23 Apr 1919)
Leader of Security-Battalion Bilharz in Zwickau (23 Apr 1919-07 May 1919)
Leader of the Unteroffiziers-Alarm-Battalion Zwickau (07 May 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Regiments-Leader with the Processing-Office of the 105th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-09 Dec 1919)
Company-Leader in the 113th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (09 Dec 1919-01 Jan 1921)
Company-Chief in the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Feb 1925)
Detached to I. Instruction-Course for MG-Company-Chiefs in M�nsingen (18 Oct 1921-04 Nov 1921)
Detached to MG-Course on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds M�nsingen (18 Jun 1924-14 Jul 1924)
MG-Officer with the Staff of the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1925-01 Feb 1926)
Staff-Officer of Infantry with the Staff of the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1926-01 Oct 1927)
Transferred into the Regiments-Staff of the 14th Infantry-Regiment, while retaining previous service use (01 Oct 1927-01 Apr 1928)
Transferred into the Training-Battalion of the 14th Infantry-Regiment, while retaining previous service use (01 Apr 1928-01 Mar 1930)
Transferred into the 3rd Mounted-Regiment, while retaining previous service use (01 Mar 1930-01 Dec 1930)
Detached into the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1930-01 Dec 1930)
Transferred into the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1930-01 Feb 1931)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1931-01 May 1933)
Transferred into the Staff of the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred into the Staff of Infantry-Regiment Konstanz (01 Oct 1934-15 Feb 1935)
Instructor at the Army Gas Protection School in Berlin (15 Feb 1935-01 May 1936)
Officer with Special Duties of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Regulated Service with the Army-Field-Equipment-Master (01 May 1936-01 Jul 1936)
Director of the Army-Field-Equipment-Administration VIII, Breslau (01 Jul 1936-06 Oct 1936)
Department-Chief of Weapons & Equipment Department with the Army-Field-Equipment-Master (06 Oct 1936-10 Nov 1938)
Field Equipment Commander III, Berlin (10 Nov 1938-08 Dec 1940)
Commander of the Senior Field Equipment Staff Western France, Seat in Angers (08 Dec 1940-17 Apr 1941)
Field Equipment Commander III, Berlin (17 Apr 1941-15 Sep 1941)
Commander of the Field-Equipment-Group 2 West, Kassel (15 Sep 1941-01 Mar 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Mar 1944-29 Jun 1944)
Detached to the Military-Commander of France for Briefing as a Field Commandant (05 May 1944-29 Jun 1944)
Commander of the Liaison-Staff/Field-Commandant 996, Montauban (29 Jun 1944-28 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (28 Sep 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Retired (31 Jan 1945)

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