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Generalmajor Fritz Ebeling
Born: 28 Apr 1887 in Stettin
Died: 27 Jan 1970 in Bad Homburg
Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Oct 1907); Leutnant (18 Aug 1908); Oberleutnant (24 Dec 1914); Hauptmann (18 Aug 1916); Major (01 Feb 1928); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1932); Oberst (E) (01 Apr 1937); Generalmajor (01 Jun 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (18 Oct 1907)
F�hnrich in the 78th Infantry-Regiment (18 Oct 1907-22 Mar 1910)
Detached as Educator to the Cadet-House in Pl�n (22 Mar 1910-01 Oct 1913)
Detached to the 10th Pioneer-Battalion (02 Jun 1912-29 Jun 1912)
Adjutant of District-Command Aurich (01 Oct 1913-12 Aug 1914)
In the Field as Platoon-Leader with the 78th Infantry-Regiment (12 Aug 1914-22 Aug 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (22 Aug 1914-09 Sep 1914)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 78th Infantry-Regiment (09 Sep 1914-20 Sep 1914)
Leader of the 12th Company of the 78th Infantry-Regiment (20 Sep 1914-17 Nov 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (17 Nov 1914-21 Nov 1914)
Leader of the 12th Company of the 78th Infantry-Regiment (21 Nov 1914-03 Apr 1915)
Detached as Instructor to the Officer-Aspirant-Course (03 Apr 1915-14 May 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (14 May 1915-31 May 1915)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 78th Infantry-Regiment (31 May 1915-20 Jan 1917)
Gas Poisoning, in Hospital (20 Jan 1917-17 Jun 1917)
Temporary-Leader of the I. Battalion of the 78th Infantry-Regiment (17 Jun 1917-12 Jul 1917)
Temporary-Adjutant of the 34th Infantry-Brigade (12 Jul 1917-31 Jul 1917)
Detached as Leader of the II. Battalion of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (31 Jul 1917-22 Sep 1917)
Leader of the III. Battalion of the 78th Infantry-Regiment (22 Sep 1917-30 Sep 1918)
In French Captivity (30 Sep 1918-14 Feb 1920)
Released from French Captivity and Transferred as Leader of the 9th Company of the 110th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (14 Feb 1920-14 Jun 1920)
Detached as Company-Leader to the Instruction-Regiment D�beritz (06 May 1920-01 Aug 1920)
Transferred into the 19th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (14 Jun 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Signals-Officer with the 16th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Dec 1921)
Detached to Training-Course with the 6th Signals-Battalion (22 Oct 1920-30 Nov 1920)
Detached to Training-Course with the 6th Signals-Battalion (01 Nov 1921-25 Nov 1921)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 16th Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1921-01 Oct 1925)
Chief of the 10th Company of the 16th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-01 Jan 1929)
Detached to the RWM (01 Jan 1929-01 Apr 1929)
Transferred into the RWM (01 Apr 1929-01 Apr 1933)
Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Arys (01 Apr 1933-01 Apr 1937)
Supplemental-Officer (01 Apr 1937); Active-Officer again (01 Jun 1941)
Commander of Military-District-Command Celle (01 Apr 1937-20 Feb 1940)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 71st Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (20 Feb 1940-16 Mar 1940)
Commander of the 71st Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (16 Mar 1940-01 Apr 1940)
Officer with Special Duties with the Commander-in-Chief of the Army (01 Apr 1940-30 Jul 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (30 Jul 1940-03 Jan 1941)
Commander of Military-District-Command Potsdam I (03 Jan 1941-10 May 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH, at the same time Detached to the Wehrmacht-Commander Ukraine (10 May 1943-15 Aug 1943)
Field Commandant 1021 (15 Aug 1943-14 Oct 1944)
Military Commandant 1016 (14 Oct 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-31 Jul 1946)
Released (31 Jul 1946)

Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz des kgl. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern (26 Apr 1918) 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen


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