Generalmajor Ottomar Hansen Born: 01 Sep 1904 in Meiningen Died: 09 Mar 1993 in Berg.-Gladbach Promotions:
F�hnrich (1928); Oberf�hnrich (1929); Leutnant (01 Feb 1930); Oberleutnant (01 Jun 1933); Hauptmann (01 Jan 1937); Major (01 Jan 1941); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1942); Oberst (01 Jan 1944); Generalmajor (08 May 1945); Brigadegeneral (Bundeswehr) (23 Nov 1956); Generalmajor (Bundeswehr) (28 Sep 1960) Career:
Entered Army Service (15 Oct 1925)
With the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1925-01 Feb 1930)
Detached to the War-School Dresden (17 Oct 1927-20 Sep 1929)
Platoon-Leader in the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1930-01 Apr 1934)
Detached to Mortar-Course in D�beritz (02 Feb 1932-29 Apr 1932)
Adjutant of the Infantry-School Dresden (01 Apr 1934-01 Jan 1935)
Adjutant of the War-School Hannover (01 Jan 1935-01 Oct 1936)
Adjutant of the War-School Dresden (01 Oct 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Chief of 8th Company of the 15th Infantry-Regiment (motorised) (12 Oct 1937-03 Apr 1939)
Adjutant of the Chief of OKW (03 Apr 1939-07 May 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (07 May 1940-25 May 1940)
Commander of the 7th MG-Battalion (motorised) (25 May 1940-16 Aug 1940)
Commander of the 64th Motorcycle-Battalion (16 Aug 1940-04 Jan 1941)
Group-Director in Army Personnel Office/OKH/Ag P 1 (04 Jan 1941-01 Jun 1942)
Chief of Department 1 in the Army Personnel Office/OKH/P 4 (01 Jun 1942-24 Mar 1943)
Detached to Regimental-Leader-Course at the Panzer Troop School for Fast Troops (01 Feb 1943-20 Feb 1943)
Commander of the 103rd Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment (24 Mar 1943-20 Jan 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (20 Jan 1944-20 Feb 1944)
Adjutant with Army-Group-Command Kurland (20 Feb 1944-29 Apr 1945)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 121st Infantry-Division (29 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (08 May 1945-11 Oct 1955)
Released (11 Oct 1955)
Enterec Bundeswehr Service (23 Nov 1956)
Commander of Army-Officer-School II, Husum (23 Nov 1956-01 Nov 1957)
Deputy Chief of Department 'Military Personnel' in the BVM, Bonn (01 Nov 1957-16 Feb 1960)
Commander of the 2nd Panzer-Grenadier-Division, Marburg (16 Feb 1960-01 Oct 1961)
Commander in Military-District IV, Mainz (01 Oct 1961-30 Sep 1964)
Retired (30 Sep 1964)
Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 23.01.1944 als Oberstleutnant und Kommandeur des Panzergrenadier-Regiment 103
- 1939 EK I
- 1939 EK II
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse
- Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze
- �rmelband �Kurland�
- Grosses Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: 21.09.1964
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