Generalmajor Paul Herbst Born: 12 Jun 1893 in Krefeld Died: 25 Nov 1942 in Cologne-Hohenlinden Reserve-Lazarett Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Oct 1912); Leutnant (16 Jun 1913); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1916); Polizei-Oberleutnant (15 Feb 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Jan 1921); Polizei-Major (01 Jan 1934); Major (01 Oct 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1936); Oberst (01 Oct 1938); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1942) Career:
Entered Naval Service (01 Apr 1911)
Seekadett in the Imperial Navy (01 Apr 1911-31 Mar 1912)
Retired (31 Mar 1912)
Entered Army Service (09 Apr 1912)
Fahnenjunker in the 39th Fusilier-Regiment (09 Apr 1912-01 Aug 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (01 Aug 1914-1915)
Adjutant of Unteroffizier-Schools Weilburg & Wetzlar and Company-Leader at the Unteroffiziers-Preparatory-School Frankenstein (1915-15 Jul 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 195th Infantry-Division (15 Jul 1918-05 Sep 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the General-Staff of Army-Detachment C (05 Sep 1918-00 Nov 1918)
With the Baltic Landeswehr (00 Nov 1918-20 Jan 1919)
With Freikorps Niederrhein (20 Jan 1919-01 Apr 1919)
Adjutant & Court Officer of III. Battalion of the 61st Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1919-16 Sep 1919)
Adjutant of Garrison-Command D�sseldorf (16 Sep 1919-15 Feb 1920)
Transferred to Police Service (15 Feb 1920)
Platoon-Leader with the Protection-Police in Oldenburg (15 Feb 1920-25 Feb 1921)
Unit-Leader with the Protection-Police in Oldenburg & R�stringen (05 Feb 1934-21 Feb 1934)
Detached to the Staff of the Training-Department of the Command of the State-Police Oldenburg (21 Feb 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred to Army Service (01 Oct 1934)
Major in the 39th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1934-01 Oct 1935)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 77th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1935-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 453rd Infantry-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-05 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 426th Infantry-Regiment (05 Oct 1940-09 Jun 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve (09 Jun 1941-25 Nov 1942)
Died (25 Nov 1942)
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