Generalmajor Heinrich Kohnke Born: 18 Aug 1888 in Danzig, East Prussia (Ostpreu�en) Died: 05 Jun 1945 in Flensburg Hospital, Schleswig-Holstein Promotions:
Obergefreiter (01 Oct 1906); Unteroffizier (01 Nov 1907); Sergeant (03 Apr 1911); Vizefeldwebel (01 Sep 1914); Feldwebel (04 Jan 1915); Offiziers-Stellvertreter (29 Mar 1916); Feldwebel-Leutnant (11 Sep 1918); Leutnant der Reserve (12 Aug 1919); Oberleutnant (01 Jan 1921); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1925); Major (01 Apr 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1936); Oberst (01 Apr 1939); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1942) Career:
Entered Army Service (03 Oct 1905)
Volunteer in the 2nd Foot-Artillery-Regiment (03 Oct 1905-01 Apr 1911)
Transferred into the 17th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1911-04 Jan 1915)
Detached to Foot Artillery Firing School (02 Jan 1912-04 Apr 1912)
Detached to Artillery-Depot Danzig (06 Nov 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Transferred to the 7th Replacement-Battery of the 17th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (04 Jan 1915-01 Jan 1916)
Transferred to the 122nd Foot-Artillery-Battery (01 Jan 1916-10 May 1917)
Transferred into the 38th Foot-Artillery-Battalion (10 May 1917-01 Apr 1920)
Transferred into the 9th Reichswehr-Mounted-Regiment (01 Apr 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Apr 1926)
Transferred into the 1st Transport-Battalion (01 Apr 1926-01 Oct 1928)
Detached to Transport & Equipment Course in Hannover (01 Jun 1926-31 Jul 1926)
Squadron-Chief in the 1st Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1928-01 Oct 1929)
Welfare-Officer with the Staff of II. Battalion of the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-01 Feb 1930)
Battery-Chief in the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1930-01 Oct 1934)
Detached to Firing Course for Artillery Officers in J�terbog (24 Sep 1930-05 Nov 1930)
Transferred to the Staff of Border-Section-Command Neustettin (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred to the Staff of Army-Service-Office 1 (15 Oct 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 42nd Artillery-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-01 Apr 1939)
Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds J�terbog (01 Apr 1939-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 168th Artillery-Replacement-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-28 Sep 1939)
Commander of Artillery-Regiment-Staff z.b.V. 703 (28 Sep 1939-25 Oct 1939)
Commander of the 160th Artillery-Regiment (25 Oct 1939-09 Jan 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (09 Jan 1941-23 Apr 1941)
Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds J�terbog (23 Apr 1941-08 May 1945)
In British Captivity (08 May 1945-05 Jun 1945)
Released (05 Jun 1945)
Died in British Captivity (05 Jun 1945)
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