Generalmajor Kurt Forster Born: 28 Oct 1891 in Ulm Died: 30 Nov 1962 in Duisburg Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Jun 1912); Leutnant (16 Jun 1913); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1916); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Nov 1919); Polizei-Hauptmann (06 Oct 1920); Polizei-Major (01 Oct 1930); Major (01 Apr 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1936); Oberst (01 Oct 1938); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1942) Career:
Entered Army Service (17 Nov 1911)
Fahnenjunker in the 13th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (17 Nov 1911-02 Aug 1914)
In the Field with the 8th Battery of the 13th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-01 Aug 1915)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 13th Foot-Artillery-Regiment; Adjutant of the Artillery-Commander of the XXII. Reserve-Corps; Adjutant of the Artillery-Commander of the 8th Landwehr-Division (01 Aug 1915-21 Nov 1916)
Battery-Leader in the 56th Foot-Artillery-Battalion (21 Nov 1916-1917)
Battery-Leader in the 3rd Reserve-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (1917-1918) Ordinance-Officer with the General-Command of the XXXVIII. Reserve-Corps (1918-21 Mar 1919)
Leader of a Volunteer-Platoon (21 Mar 1919-11 Apr 1919)
Transferred into Instruction-Regiment of the Artillery-Firing-School (11 Apr 1919-31 Oct 1919)
Granted Leave (31 Oct 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Retired (31 Jan 1920)
Entered Police Service (01 Nov 1919)
In the Security-Police Duisburg (01 Nov 1919-03 Apr 1920)
Administrator with the Command of the Police Duisburg (03 Apr 1920-27 May 1933)
Department-Leader with the Command of Police Duisburg (27 May 1933-23 Jul 1933)
Inspection-Leader with the Command of Police Duisburg (23 Jul 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Commander of the State-Police-School Treptow/Riga (31 Mar 1934-01 Apr 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (01 Apr 1935)
Major in the Staff of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred into the Staff of the 24th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 24th Artillery-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of the 75th Artillery-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-18 Jan 1941)
Artillery-Commander 143 (18 Jan 1941-16 Aug 1941)
Severely Wounded, F�hrer-Reserve Military-District-Command III (16 Aug 1941-10 Jun 1942)
Artillery-Commander 117 (10 Jun 1942-05 Aug 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (05 Aug 1943-01 Feb 1944)
Detached to Wehrmacht-Command-Office Stra�burg (01 Feb 1944-01 Mar 1944)
Wehrmacht-Commandant Kolmar (01 Mar 1944-10 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (10 Sep 1944-21 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (21 Apr 1945-05 Nov 1945)
Released (05 Nov 1945)
Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (02 Jan 1942)
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