Generalmajor Walter Friedrichs Born: 30 Sep 1884 in Weiden, Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) Died: 04 Jul 1942 in Munich (M�nchen) Promotions:
F�hnrich (04 Feb 1905); Leutnant (08 Mar 1906); Oberleutnant (25 Aug 1913); Hauptmann (20 May 1916); Major (01 Mar 1927); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1931); Oberst (01 Feb 1934); Charakter als Generalmajor (01 Oct 1937); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1939) Career:
Entered Army Service (20 Jul 1904)
Fahnenjunker in the 11th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (20 Jul 1904-26 May 1907)
Transferred into the 14th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (26 May 1907-01 Oct 1909)
Detached to the Military Technical Academy (01 Oct 1909-21 Jan 1915)
Company-Leader in the 23rd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (21 Jan 1915-10 May 1915)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 14th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (10 May 1915-03 Jun 1916)
Company-Leader in the 21st Bavarian Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (03 Jun 1916-16 Jul 1917)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 14th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (16 Jul 1917-14 Aug 1917)
Company and Battalion Leader in the 21st Bavarian Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (14 Aug 1917-08 Feb 1918)
Transferred into the 11th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (08 Feb 1918-25 Jun 1918)
With the Staff of the 16th Bavarian Infantry-Division (25 Jun 1918-30 Jul 1918)
With the Staff of the Bavarian Replacement-Division (30 Jul 1918-16 Oct 1918)
With the Staff of the 1st Bavarian Landwehr-Division (16 Oct 1918-01 Jan 1919)
With the Staff of the 9th Bavarian Infantry-Brigade (01 Jan 1919-01 Jun 1919)
With the Staff of the 24th Reichswehr-Brigade (01 Jun 1919-10 Jun 1920)
Transferred into the 47th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (10 Jun 1920-16 Sep 1920)
Transferred into the 48th Infantry-Regiment (16 Sep 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Company-Chief in the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1925)
With the Staff of the 7th Division (01 Oct 1925-01 Apr 1928)
With the Staff of the Commander of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Grafenw�hr (01 Apr 1928-01 Apr 1929)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1929-01 Feb 1931)
Troop-Transport-Officer with the Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Feb 1931-01 Jan 1935)
With the Staff of the Command-Office Munich (01 Jan 1935-01 Nov 1935)
Commander of Munich (01 Nov 1935-01 Mar 1937)
Supplemental-Officer (01 Mar 1937); Active-Officer again (01 Mar 1939)
Landwehr-Commander Munich (01 Mar 1937-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 212th Infantry-Division (26 Aug 1939-15 Sep 1939)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Sep 1939-31 May 1941)
Retired (31 May 1941)
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