Generalmajor Fritz Kistner Born: 14 May 1896 in 0ffenburg, Baden Died: 19 May 1945 in Klingenthal Hospital, Saxony Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (22 Nov 1913); F�hnrich (25 Mar 1914); Leutnant (11 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant (28 Mar 1918); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1926); Major (01 Jul 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1937); Oberst (01 Nov 1939); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (08 Jul 1913)
Fahnenjunker in the 14th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (08 Jul 1913-03 Aug 1914)
Detached to War-School Metz (25 Mar 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Transferred to 3rd Battery of the mobile 14th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (03 Aug 1914-23 Dec 1914)
Severely wounded, in Field Hospital 9 (23 Dec 1914-11 Jun 1915)
Transferred to the Field with the 14th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (11 Jun 1915-12 Sep 1915)
Wounded, in Field Hospital 2 (12 Sep 1915-07 Oct 1915)
Transferred to the 560th Foot-Artillery-Battery (07 Oct 1915-22 Sep 1916)
Transferred to 2nd Battery of the 14th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (22 Sep 1916-11 Dec 1916)
Detached Battery-Leader-Course on the Firing-Grounds Watsa (04 Oct 1916-10 Oct 1916)
Battery-Leader in the 14th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (11 Dec 1916-15 Oct 1917)
Adjutant at the Army-School Bitsch (15 Oct 1917-18 Mar 1918)
Transferred into the 3rd Foot-Artillery-Regiment (18 Mar 1918-20 Mar 1918)
Battery-Leader in the 21st Foot-Artillery-Regiment (20 Mar 1918-11 Oct 1918)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 21st Foot-Artillery-Regiment (11 Oct 1918-18 Nov 1918)
Transferred into the 14th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (18 Nov 1918-21 Mar 1919)
Detached to the 1st Volunteer-Battery of the 29th Infantry-Division (21 Mar 1919-18 Apr 1919)
Detached to the 2nd Battery of the 13th Heavy Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (18 Apr 1919-25 Sep 1919)
Detached to the 2nd Battery of the 14th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (25 Sep 1919-25 Oct 1919)
Detached to the 2nd Battery of the 13th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (25 Oct 1919-26 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 13th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (26 Oct 1919-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1925)
Detached to Firing-Course for Artillery-Officers in J�terbog (05 Jan 1922-29 Mar 1922)
Supervision-Officer at the Artillery-School (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1927)
Transferred to the Staff of III. Battalion of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1927-01 May 1930)
Detached to Course at the Cavalry-School Hannover (11 Oct 1928-07 Nov 1928)
Battery-Chief in the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1930-01 Oct 1933)
Transferred to the Staff of III. Battalion of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1933-01 Apr 1934)
Adjutant of Artillery-Leader V (01 Apr 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of IV. Battalion of Artillery-Regiment Ulm (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 41st Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of II. Battalion of the Artillery-Instruction-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-01 Jul 1939)
Commander of the 96th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jul 1939-01 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 137th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1940-18 Jan 1942)
Artillery-Commander 147 (18 Jan 1942-01 Apr 1943)
Artillery-Commander 404 (01 Apr 1943-10 Jan 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (10 Jan 1944-20 Mar 1944)
Commandant of Defence-District Rotterdam (20 Mar 1944-13 Apr 1945)
Commander of Rear Army Area 534 (13 Apr 1945-10 May 1945)
Severely wounded, in Hospital (10 May 1945-19 May 1945)
Died of his wounds in Hospital (19 May 1945)
Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 21.02.1942 als Oberst und Kommandeur des Artillerie-Regiment 137
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich-Badischen Ordens vom Z�hringer L�wen mit Schwertern
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Silber
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Medaille �Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942�
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