Generalmajor Kuno Dewitz Born: 17 Oct 1897 in Soldau, District Neidenburg, East Prussia (Ostpreu�en) Died: 03 Jan 1960 in Kiel-Friedrichsort Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (26 Aug 1915); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (23 Oct 1915); F�hnrich (07 Jun 1916); Leutnant (06 Nov 1916); Oberleutnant (31 Jul 1925); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1932); Major (01 Aug 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1939); Oberst (17 Dec 1941); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1945) Career:
Entered Army Service (11 Jun 1915)
Fahnenjunker in the Replacement-Battalion of the 128th Infantry-Regiment (11 Jun 1915-03 Dec 1915)
Detached to the F�hnrich-Course in D�beritz (30 Aug 1915-06 Nov 1915)
In the Field with the 128th Infantry-Regiment (03 Dec 1915-26 Mar 1918)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 128th Infantry-Regiment (26 Mar 1918-01 Aug 1919)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 34th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1919-01 Mar 1920)
Transferred into the 102nd Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1925)
Detached for Training in Pioneer-Service with the 2nd Pioneer-Battalion (15 Sep 1924-05 Nov 1924)
Detached to Signals-Course with the 2nd Signals-Battalion (16 Feb 1925-24 Mar 1925)
Transferred into the 12th MG-Company and Detached to the Staff of the III. Battalion of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-01 Dec 1926)
Detached to Course in Dog-Handling in Sperenberg (02 Jan 1926-16 Jan 1926)
Transferred to the 7th Company of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1926-01 Apr 1928)
Detached to V. Weapons-School-Course in Dresden (04 Apr 1927-19 Aug 1927)
Transferred to the 16th Company of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1928-01 Jun 1928)
Transferred to the 8th MG-Company of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1928-01 Oct 1928)
Transferred for Subsidiary-Leadership-Training to the Staff of the 4th Division (01 Oct 1928-01 Oct 1930)
Detached to the 5th Signals-Battalion (01 Jun 1929-30 Sep 1929)
Detached to the Command-Office Berlin (01 Jul 1930-01 Oct 1930)
Transferred to the Command-Office Berlin and Detached to the Watch-Regiment Berlin (01 Oct 1930-01 Jun 1933)
Transferred back into the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1933-01 Jul 1933)
Chief of the 6th Company of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred to the Staff of the II. Battalion of Infantry-Regiment Kolberg (01 Oct 1934-03 Jan 1935)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 14th Company of Infantry-Regiment Kolberg (03 Jan 1935-01 May 1935)
Chief of the 14th Company of Infantry-Regiment Kolberg (01 May 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Chief of the 14th Company of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Detached to Course for Staff-Officers in Schwerin (20 Nov 1936-05 Dec 1936)
Inspection-Chief and Tactics-Instructor at the War-School in Potsdam (12 Oct 1937-17 Aug 1939)
Transferred to the Infantry-School in D�beritz (17 Aug 1939-10 Oct 1939)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 244th Infantry-Regiment (10 Oct 1939-02 Aug 1940)
Detached to the Infantry-School (02 Aug 1940-09 Aug 1940)
Commander of Course-Group III of Instruction-Battalion II of the Infantry-School (09 Aug 1940-10 Dec 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (10 Dec 1941-16 Dec 1941)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 9th Infantry-Regiment (16 Dec 1941-11 Jan 1942)
Commander of the 9th Infantry-Regiment (11 Jan 1942-22 Jul 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve � Military-District-Command III (22 Jul 1942-01 Nov 1942)
Commander of the 9th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1942-21 Jan 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (21 Jan 1944-30 May 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of School I for Fahnenjunker of Infantry (30 May 1944-01 Aug 1944)
Commander of School II for Fahnenjunker of Infantry, Dresden (01 Aug 1944-05 Jan 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH, Detached to the General Of Infantry in OKH (05 Jan 1945-01 Apr 1945)
Commander of the 245th Infantry-Division (01 Apr 1945-01 Sep 1945)
In British Captivity (01 Sep 1945-30 Jun 1947)
Released (30 Jun 1947)
Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (09 Jul 1942)
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