Generalmajor Erwin Gerlach Born: 29 Jun 1894 in Berlin Died: 03 Dec 1957 in K�nigstein, Taunus Promotions:
F�hnrich (27 Jan 1915); Leutnant (08 May 1915); Oberleutnant (31 Jul 1925); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1929); Major (01 Jul 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1938); Oberst (01 Aug 1940); Generalmajor (01 Jun 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (14 Aug 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 6th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (14 Aug 1914-21 Sep 1914)
In the Field with the 6th Landwehr-Foot-Artillery-Battalion (21 Sep 1914-15 Jun 1915)
Battery-Officer in the 56th Foot-Artillery-Battalion (15 Jun 1915-05 Jan 1917)
Battery-Officer in the 17th Reserve-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (05 Jan 1917-18 Jun 1917)
Battery-Officer in the 32nd Foot-Artillery-Battalion (18 Jun 1917-10 Aug 1918)
Adjutant of the 32nd Foot-Artillery-Battalion (10 Aug 1918-11 Oct 1918)
Battery-Leader in the 32nd Foot-Artillery-Battalion (11 Oct 1918-31 Jan 1919)
Adjutant of the III., later I. Battalion of the 6th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (31 Jan 1919-25 Aug 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 6th Heavy Artillery-Regiment (25 Aug 1919-02 Oct 1919)
Temporary-Regiments-Adjutant of the 6th Heavy Artillery-Regiment (02 Oct 1919-01 Dec 1919)
Battery-Officer in the 8th Artillery-Regiment (01 Dec 1919-01 May 1920)
Adjutant of the 2nd Heavy Artillery-Battalion (01 May 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Signals-Officer with the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1921)
Battery-Officer in the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-01 Aug 1926)
With the Regiment-Staff of the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1926-16 Jul 1927)
Detached to the III. Battalion of the 14th Infantry-Regiment (16 Jul 1927-01 Oct 1927)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 1st Division (01 Oct 1927-01 Oct 1929)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the RWM (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1930)
Transferred into the RWM (01 Oct 1930-01 Jan 1934)
Battery-Chief in the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the Artillery-Regiment Halberstadt (01 Oct 1934-25 Sep 1935)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) of the Inspection of Artillery (25 Sep 1935-01 Sep 1938)
Chief of Operations (Ia) of the XI. Army-Corps (01 Sep 1938-15 Oct 1939)
Chief of Operations (Ia) of the Commander-in-Chief East (20 Oct 1939-15 May 1940)
Chief of Operations (Ia) of the 9th Army (15 May 1940-29 May 1940)
Senior-Quartermaster of the 16th Army (05 Jun 1940-13 Dec 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (13 Dec 1941-10 Jan 1942)
Detached to the Military-Commander France (10 Jan 1942-01 Feb 1942)
Senior-Quartermaster West (01 Feb 1942-17 Dec 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (17 Dec 1942-05 Jan 1943)
Commander of the 83rd J�ger-Regiment (05 Jan 1943-31 Mar 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (31 Mar 1943-01 Apr 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 389th Infantry-Division (01 Apr 1943-01 Jun 1943)
Commander of the 389th Infantry-Division (01 Jun 1943-12 Nov 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (12 Nov 1943-01 Dec 1943)
Chief of the General Staff of Military-District-Command XII (01 Dec 1943-10 Aug 1944)
Chief of the General Staff of Military-District-Command IV (10 Aug 1944-02 May 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Army-High-Command of the 1st Panzer-Army (02 May 1945-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (09 May 1945-09 Oct 1955)
Released (09 Oct 1955)
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