(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Egmont Lebsanft
Born: 17 Dec 1881 in Mergentheim
Died: 07 Apr 1955 in Donzdorf
Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 May 1901); Leutnant (27 Jan 1902); Oberleutnant (22 Mar 1910); Hauptmann (05 Sep 1914); Charakter als Major (28 Jun 1920); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1936); Oberst (01 Aug 1939); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Oct 1900)
One Year Volunteer in the 49th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1900-18 May 1901)
F�hnrich in the 49th Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 May 1901-02 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1911-21 Jul 1914)
Leader of the Light Munitions Column II with the 26th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-19 Dec 1914)
Battery-Leader in the 26th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (27 Aug 1914-04 Oct 1914)
Battery-Leader in the 26th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (19 Dec 1914-17 Jul 1915)
With the Staff of Staging-Inspection 2 (17 Jul 1915-15 Oct 1915)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the General-Command of VI. Army-Corps (15 Oct 1915-27 Jan 1916)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the Army while retaining previous position with the VI. Army-Corps (27 Jan 1916-04 Sep 1916)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 16th Infantry-Division (04 Sep 1916-25 Apr 1918)
Officer of the Army & Assigned to Army High Command 18 (25 Apr 1918-26 May 1918)
With the Staff of Group Bensdorf (26 May 1918-28 Jun 1918)
Transferred to Army-Group Herzog Albrecht von W�rttemberg & Assigned to the General-Command of X. Army-Corps (28 Jun 1918-30 Jul 1918)
Assigned to the High Command of Army-Detachment B (30 Jul 1918-04 Sep 1918)
Chief of Operations in the General-Staff of the 44th Landwehr-Division (04 Sep 1918-26 Sep 1918)
Assigned to Army High Command 2 (26 Sep 1918-04 Mar 1919)
Transferred to Government Thorn (04 Mar 1919-24 Sep 1919)
Transferred to Reichswehr-Command-Office Prussia (24 Sep 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Advisor in the RWM (30 Sep 1919-28 Feb 1920)
Assigned to the W�rttemberg Army Processing Office (28 Feb 1920-08 Mar 1920)
Assigned to the Processing-Office of the 49th Field-Artillery-Regiment (08 Mar 1920-31 Mar 1920)
Retired (31 Mar 1920)
Entered Army Service as a Supplemental-Officer (01 Oct 1935); Active-Officer (01 Aug 1939)
With the Economics-Inspection Kassel (01 Oct 1935-1936)
Detached as Military-Economics-Advisor in Nationalist China (1936-1938)
Director of Military-Economics-Office Reichenberg, Bohemia (01 Sep 1939-1940)
Armaments-Inspector XXI (1940-01 Apr 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Apr 1944-30 Apr 1944)
Retired (30 Apr 1944)

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