Generalmajor Hans Halke Born: 21 Jul 1881 in Berlin Died: 02 Aug 1965 in Wiesbaden Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Oct 1900); Leutnant (18 Aug 1901); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1910); Hauptmann (18 Jul 1914); Charakter als Major a.D. (01 Oct 1933); Major a.D. (15 May 1934); Major (E) (05 Mar 1935); Oberstleutnant (E) (01 Jan 1937); Oberst (E) (01 Sep 1940); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Apr 1900)
Fahnenjunker in the 7th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Apr 1900-15 Jul 1910)
Detached to Pioneer-Course at the Military Technical Academy (01 Oct 1903-15 Jul 1904)
Detached to Engineer-Course at the Military Technical Academy (01 Oct 1905-15 Jul 1906)
Detached to War Academy (01 Oct 1907-14 Jul 1910)
Transferred to the 2nd Pioneer-Battalion (15 Jul 1910-15 Oct 1911)
Transferred to Fortification Geestem�nde (15 Oct 1911-15 Oct 1912)
Adjutant of the 1st Fortress-Inspection (15 Oct 1912-01 Jan 1914)
Transferred to Fortification Danzig (01 Jan 1914-18 Jul 1914)
Transferred to the 26th Pioneer-Battalion (18 Jul 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Leader of the 1st Reserve-Company of the 26th Pioneer-Battalion (02 Aug 1914-20 Aug 1914)
In the Field with the 1st Reserve-Company (20 Aug 1914-30 Jan 1917)
Commander of the 83rd Pioneer-Battalion (30 Jan 1917-17 May 1917)
Commander of the 117th Pioneer-Battalion (17 May 1917-17 Jan 1918)
Transferred t the 3rd Replacement-Pioneer-Battalion, Spandau (17 Jan 1918-12 Feb 1918)
Detached to Transit-Camp Derindye, Turkey (12 Feb 1918-26 Jul 1918)
Officer with Special Duties of Army-Group Yilderim and Pioneer-Inspector of the 7th Ottoman Army (26 Jul 1918-12 Jan 1919)
Transferred into the 26th Pioneer-Battalion (12 Jan 1919-20 May 1919)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 26th Pioneer-Battalion (20 May 1919-21 Jan 1920)
Director of Processing-Office of the 23rd Pioneer-Battalion (21 Jan 1920-10 Apr 1920)
Transferred to the Staff of the 1st Reichswehr-Pioneer-Battalion (10 Apr 1920-31 Dec 1918)
Retired (31 Dec 1920)
Employee with the Firm Siemens-Schuckert-Works AG, with the Technical Bureaus in K�nigsberg, Allenstein and Breslau (07 Feb 1921-01 Apr 1930)
Landwehr-Employee (01 Apr 1930)
Agent for Pioneer-Queries with the Staff of Command-Office Glogau (01 Apr 1930-01 Oct 1933)
Entered Army Service as Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Jun 1941)
Pioneer-Advisor with Military-Region-Command Breslau (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred into the RWM (01 Oct 1934-01 Nov 1935)
Advisor with the Inspection of West Fortifications, from 15 Mar 1939, renamed Higher Pioneer Officer for Land-Fortifications West (01 Nov 1935-26 Aug 1939)
Director of the Operations-Group with Senior-Construction-Staff 5 (26 Aug 1939-22 Jul 1940)
Transferred to the Command-Office of Fortifications at Upper Rhine (22 Jul 1940-18 Aug 1940)
Commander of Construction-Troops 34 (18 Aug 1940-19 Aug 1943)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Pioneer-Regiment-Staff 34 (19 Aug 1943-05 Jan 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve - Military-District-Command XII (05 Jan 1944-01 Mar 1944)
Transferred to the 87th Grenadier Replacement & Training Battalion (01 Mar 1944-31 May 1944)
Retired (31 May 1944)
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