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General der Flakartillerie Camillo Ruggera
Born: 27 Aug 1885 in Predazzo, Tyrol (Tirol)
Died: 29 Jan 1947 in Hof, Saale
Promotions:
Kadett-Offiziers-Stellvertreter (18 Aug 1904); Leutnant (01 Nov 1905); Oberleutnant (01 Nov 1911); Hauptmann (01 Jan 1915); Major (01 Jan 1920); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1921); Oberst (26 Mar 1928); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1939); General der Flakartillerie (01 Dec 1940)
Career:
Entered the Austrian Army as Fahnenjunker and Subaltern-Officer in the 3rd Tyrol Kaiser-J�ger-Regiment (18 Aug 1904-09 Oct 1909)
Detached to the War School in Vienna (10 Oct 1909-09 Oct 1912)
General-Staff-Officer of the 94th Infantry-Troop-Brigade (10 Oct 1912-31 Jul 1914)
General-Staff-Officer of the 94th Infantry-Troop-Division (01 Aug 1914-21 Sep 1914)
General-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the V. Corps-Command (22 Sep 1914-06 Oct 1914)
General-Staff-Officer of the 66th Infantry-Troop-Brigade (07 Oct 1914-24 Nov 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (24 Nov 1914-08 Feb 1915)
General-Staff-Officer of the 94th Infantry-Troop-Division (09 Feb 1915-22 Sep 1915)
General-Staff-Officer of the 12th Mountain-Brigade (23 Sep 1915-10 Sep 1916)
Taken ill (11 Sep 1916-11 Nov 1916)
General-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the XX. Corps-Command (12 Nov 1916-23 Jan 1917)
General-Staff-Officer in the Signals-Department of the Royal & Imperial Army High Command (24 Jan 1917-11 Apr 1917)
General-Staff-Officer in the Operations-Department of the Royal & Imperial Army High Command (12 Apr 1917-28 Nov 1918)
Advisor for Italy and Switzerland with the States-Office for Army Affairs, Department 1/N (01 Dec 1918-02 Feb 1920)
Advisor in the Department for Inter-Governmental Commerce in the States-Office for Army Affairs (03 Feb 1920-31 Aug 1920)
Advisor in Department 2 of the States-Office for Army Affairs (01 Sep 1920-31 Mar 1921)
Officer with the Command of Troop-Schools in the Ministry for Army Affairs (01 Apr 1921-31 Aug 1922)
Chief Of Staff of the 1st Brigade (01 Sep 1922-31 Jul 1926)
Assigned with the Army-Inspection � Infantry-Weapon-School (01 Aug 1926-31 Oct 1926)
Instructor at the Infantry-Weapons-School (01 Nov 1926-31 Oct 1927)
With the Staff of the 1st Brigade-Command (01 Nov 1927-31 Mar 1928)
Advisor in Department 2 of the Federal Ministry for Army Affairs (01 Apr 1928-31 Jan 1929)
Chief Of Staff of the 3rd Brigade (01 Feb 1929-31 Jan 1931)
Assigned Officer with the 3rd Brigade-Command (01 Feb 1931-28 Feb 1932)
Assigned with the Military-Subject-Tests-Commission and with the War Archives (01 Mar 1932-01 May 1933)
Granted Leave (01 May 1933-28 Feb 1934)
Retired (28 Feb 1934)
Entered the German Army as Member of the Commission for the Investigation of the Requests for Reactivation with the Processing-Office of the Ministry for State Defence, Vienna (15 Mar 1938-31 May 1938)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe and Detached to the Staff of Luftwaffe-Group-Command 1 (01 Jun 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Detached to the Staff of Air-Fleet-Command 1 (01 Feb 1939-14 May 1939)
Detached to the Economics-Staff in OKW (15 May 1939-29 Sep 1939)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-Region II, Posen (30 Sep 1939-17 Feb 1941)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (20 Feb 1941-23 Jul 1941)
Military-Replacement-Inspector D�sseldorf (24 Jul 1941-30 Nov 1942)
Retired (30 Nov 1942)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK II
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Jubil�ums-Kreuz 1848-1908
- k.u.k. �sterr. Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration und Schwertern
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration und den Schwertern
- k.u.k. �sterr. Bronzene Milit�r-Verdienst-Medaille (�Signum Laudis�) am Bande des Milit�r-Verdienstkreuzes
- k.u.k. �sterr. Silberne Milit�r-Verdienst-Medaille (�Signum Laudis�) am Bande des Milit�r-Verdienstkreuzes und den Schwertern
- k.u.k. �sterr. Verwundetenmedaille mit 1. Mittelstreifen
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration und den Schwertern (zum 2. ten Mal)
- k.u.k. �sterr. Silberne Tapferkeitsmedaille I. Klasse f�r Offiziere
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer


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