Generalmajor Alfred Gutknecht Born: 20 Jun 1888 in Badingen, District Stendal Died: 12 Nov 1946 in Berlin (Suicide) Promotions:
Leutnant (19 Mar 1908); Oberleutnant (25 Feb 1915); Hauptmann (16 Sep 1917); Charakter als Major (31 Mar 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (09 Jan 1920); Polizei-Major (15 Dec 1925); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (23 Jul 1935); Oberstleutnant (16 Mar 1936); Oberst (01 Apr 1936); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1942) Career:
Entered Army Service (19 Mar 1908)
Leutnant in the 135th Infantry-Regiment (19 Mar 1908-01 Dec 1912)
Detached to the Military Gymnasium (01 Mar 1912-01 Aug 1912)
Educator at the Head-Cadet-Institute, Gro�-Lichterfelde (01 Oct 1912-24 Apr 1914)
Transferred back into the 135th Infantry-Regiment (19 Jul 1913-01 Oct 1913)
Detached to Seminar for Oriental Languages (15 Oct 1913-15 Mar 1914)
Transferred to the Protection-Troop at German East Africa (24 Apr 1914-19 May 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the 10th Field-Company of the Protection-Troop in German East Africa (19 May 1914-22 Jun 1916)
Leader of the 5th Field-Company of the Protection-Troop in German East Africa (22 Jun 1916-28 Nov 1917)
In British Captivity (28 Nov 1917-21 Nov 1919)
Back out of Captivity and Granted Leave (21 Nov 1919-31 Mar 1920)
Retired (31 Mar 1920)
Entered Police Service (09 Jan 1920)
In the Security-Police Berlin, Group South, Department Neu-K�lln (09 Jan 1920-01 Feb 1920)
Leader of the I. Unit of the Security-Police-Department Neu-K�lln (01 Feb 1920-13 Sep 1920)
Leader of the Unit Sch�neberg (13 Sep 1920-03 Jun 1922)
Motor-Transport-Advisor with Police-Group Centre, Berlin (03 Jun 1922-01 Jul 1922)
Leader of the Transport-Alarm-Unit of Group South, Berlin (01 Jul 1922-01 Sep 1925)
Instructor of Motor Transport Service with the Protection Police Berlin (01 Sep 1925-01 Oct 1934)
Department-Leader I/K with the State-Police-Inspection West, D�sseldorf (01 Oct 1934-16 Mar 1936)
Transferred to Army Service (16 Mar 1936)
Oberstleutnant in the Staff of the 26th Division (16 Mar 1936-01 May 1936)
With the Staff of the 1st Panzer-Division (01 May 1936-06 Oct 1936)
With the Staff of the General-Command of the I. Army-Corps (06 Oct 1936-22 Aug 1939)
Transferred to Army High Command 3 (22 Aug 1939-03 Oct 1939)
With the Staff of Border-Section-Command North, then with the Replacement General-Command of the I. Army-Corps (under Commander-in-Chief East) (03 Oct 1939-05 Mar 1940)
With the Staff of the XXII. Motorised-Army-Corps, Panzer-Group Kleist (05 Mar 1940-06 May 1940)
Higher Officer of Motor Transport Affairs with Army High Command 12 (06 May 1940-17 Feb 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (17 Feb 1941-21 Apr 1941)
Army-Motor-Transport-Officer of Army High Command 15 (21 Apr 1941-20 Sep 1942)
Motor-Transport-Officer with the General-Staff of High Command West (at the same time from 10 Sep 1944 with Army-Group D) (20 Sep 1942-22 Apr 1945)
Motor Vehicle Inspector High Command South (22 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (09 May 1945-12 Nov 1946)
Committed Suicide in Captivity (12 Nov 1946)
Awards & Decorations:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Bremisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Kolonial-Abzeichen (�Elefanten-Orden�)
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- �sterr. Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kgl. Ungar. Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern
- Kgl. Bulgar. Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern
- Spange zum EK II
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