Generalmajor Ernst von Kurnatowski Born: 07 Dec 1880 in Hannover, Province Died: 08 May 1948 in Butyrka near Moscow, USSR Promotions:
Charakter als F�hnrich (06 Mar 1898); F�hnrich (18 Oct 1898); Leutnant (18 Aug 1899); Oberleutnant (17 Sep 1909); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1913); Major (10 Apr 1918); Charakter als Oberstleutnant (31 Mar 1921); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1933); Oberst (01 Oct 1936); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1942) Career:
Entered Army Service (06 Mar 1898)
F�hnrich in the 32nd Infantry-Regiment (06 Mar 1898-22 Jul 1901)
Transferred into the 5th Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (22 Jul 1901-17 May 1904)
Adjutant of I. Battalion of the 5th Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (17 May 1904-27 Jan 1907)
Regiment-Adjutant of the 5th Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (27 Jan 1907-02 Jun 1912)
Adjutant of the 5th Guards-Infantry-Brigade (02 Jun 1912-1914)
In the Adjutancy & in the General-Staff, lastly in the General-Staff of Staging-Inspection I (1914-1918)
Transferred back into the 5th Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (18 Dec 1918-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the Army Peace Commission (01 Oct 1919-31 Mar 1921)
Retired (31 Mar 1921)
Entered Army Service as a Landwehr-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Jun 1941)
In the Troop Office, then Army General Staff (01 Oct 1933-1940)
Field-Commandant 605, La Roche sur Yon (1940-01 Mar 1942)
Officer z.b.V. of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army (01 Mar 1942-25 Oct 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve (25 Oct 1943-31 Jan 1944)
Retired (31 Jan 1944)
Arrested by the Soviets in Silesia, in Soviet Captivity (18 Aug 1945-08 May 1948)
Died in Soviet Captivity (08 May 1948)
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