Generalmajor Gustav Geiger Born: 31 Mar 1887 in Nuremberg (N�rnberg) Died: 02 Jan 1967 Promotions:
F�hnrich (07 Jul 1907); Leutnant (26 May 1909); Oberleutnant (19 May 1915); Hauptmann (28 May 1918); Polizei-Hauptmann (25 Aug 1920); Polizei-Major (01 Mar 1922); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1935); Oberstleutnant (E) (15 Sep 1935); Oberst (E) (01 Dec 1939); Generalmajor (15 Nov 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (07 Jul 1907)
Passed Out the Cadet-Corps as F�hnrich in the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (07 Jul 1907-02 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War School in Munich (22 Apr 1908-21 Mar 1909)
Detached to the Military Firing School in Lechfeld (22 Mar 1909-01 May 1909)
Detached to the Gun Factory in Spandau (20 Apr 1914-16 May 1914)
Detached to the Artillery Workshop in Spandau (18 May 1914-23 May 1914)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-10 Aug 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the MG-Company of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (10 Aug 1914-02 Nov 1914)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (02 Nov 1914-08 Dec 1914)
Company-Leader in the 9th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (08 Dec 1914-16 Dec 1914)
Company-Leader in the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (16 Dec 1914-03 Jan 1915)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (03 Jan 1915-26 Mar 1915)
Leader of the 10th Company of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (26 Mar 1915-30 Apr 1915)
Leader of the 2nd Company of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (30 Apr 1915-14 Jun 1915)
Leader of the MG-School of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (14 Jun 1915-10 Jun 1916)
Leader of the 1st MG-Company of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (10 Jun 1916-19 Oct 1916)
Leader of the MG-School of Group Lille (19 Oct 1916-04 May 1918)
Detached to Training-Course on MG (28 Feb 1917-07 Mar 1917)
MG-Officer with the Staff of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (04 May 1918-11 Jun 1918)
Transferred to the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (11 Jun 1918-07 Jan 1919)
Company-Leader in the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (07 Jan 1919-20 May 1919)
Transferred to the Processing-Office of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (20 May 1919-28 May 1919)
Leader of the 2nd MG-Company of the 46th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (28 May 1919-21 Aug 1920)
Retired (21 Aug 1920)
Entered Police Service (25 Aug 1920)
Leader of the 20th Police-Unit in the State-Police Nuremberg-F�rth (25 Aug 1920-20 Sep 1920)
Leader of the 1st Unit of the State-Police Bamberg (20 Sep 1920-24 Sep 1926)
Leader of the Security-Department of the State-Police Bamberg (24 Sep 1926-01 Sep 1927)
Officer with the Instruction-Department of the Police-Preparatory-School Bamberg (01 Sep 1927-01 Apr 1928)
Leader of the Instruction-Department of the Police-Preparatory-School Bamberg (01 Apr 1928-01 Oct 1932)
At the same time, Leader of the MG-Training-Courses in Grafenw�hr (05 Oct 1928-16 Oct 1928)
At the same time, Leader of the MG-Training-Courses in Grafenw�hr (19 Oct 1929-30 Oct 1929)
At the same time, Detached to the Police-Law-Course in Munich (12 Nov 1929-20 Dec 1929)
Personnel-Advisor with the Section-Command III of the Protection-Police-Command Nuremberg-F�rth (01 Oct 1932-07 Jun 1933)
Police Welfare-Advisor with the State-Police-Command Nuremberg-F�rth (07 Jun 1933-01 Oct 1934)
At the same time, Leader of MG-Firing-Course in Grafenw�hr (16 Oct 1933-31 Oct 1933)
Commander of Police-Section F�rth (01 Oct 1934-01 Jul 1935)
Detached to Military-Replacement-Inspection Nuremberg (01 Jul 1935-12 Aug 1935)
Detached to the Commander Regensburg with Location Amberg (12 Aug 1935-15 Sep 1935)
Transferred to Army Service as Supplemental-Officer (15 Sep 1935); Active-Officer (01 Jun 1941)
Training-Director Amberg (15 Sep 1935-25 Feb 1936)
At the same time, Detached to Border-Protection-Training in Grafenw�hr (29 Nov 1935-21 Dec 1935)
Training-Director Weiden (25 Feb 1936-06 Oct 1936)
Training-Director Amberg (06 Oct 1936-25 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 73rd Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (25 Oct 1940-27 Jan 1942)
Commander of the 546th Infantry-Regiment (27 Jan 1942-26 Mar 1942)
Commander of the 51st Territorial-Rifle-Regiment (26 Mar 1942-13 Mar 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (13 Mar 1943-01 Feb 1944)
Detached to the Troop-Exercise-Grounds-Commander Grafenw�hr (01 Feb 1944-01 Mar 1944)
Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Hohenfels (01 Mar 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
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