Generalleutnant Walter Feyerabend Born: 03 12 1891 in Warten, East Prussia (Ostpreu�en) Died: 15 04 1962 in Detmold, Lippe Promotions:
Leutnant (01 Mar 1910); Oberleutnant (18 Dec 1915); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1922); Major (01 Sep 1932); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1935); Oberst (01 Aug 1937); Generalmajor (20 Apr 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1941) Career:
Entered the Army as a Battery-Officer in the 16th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Mar 1910-31 Jul 1914)
Detached to the Motor-Transport-Department Berlin and to the Firing-School J�terbog (01 Mar 1914-30 Apr 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the 16th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-17 Aug 1914)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 16th Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Aug 1914-04 Jan 1916)
Adjutant of the Staff-Officer of Balloon-Defence-Cannon with the High-Command of Army-Group Prinz Leopold von Bayern (05 Jan 1916-31 May 1917)
Detached to the Flak-School Lille (01 Jun 1917-14 Jul 1917)
Detached to Flak-Motor-Transport-School Valenciennes (15 Jul 1917-31 Jul 1917)
Leader of the 149th Heavy-Flak-Battery (01 Aug 1917-31 Mar 1918)
With the Testing and Instruction Institute for Flak, Brussels (01 Apr 1918-14 Dec 1918)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 16th Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Dec 1918-14 Jan 1919)
Battery-Leader in the 16th Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Jan 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Battery-Leader in the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-31 Mar 1920)
Detached to the Riding-School Hannover (01 Apr 1920-30 Sep 1922)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1922-31 Oct 1922)
Battery-Chief in the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1922-31 Mar 1927)
Detached to the Cavalry-School Hannover for use at the Olympiad (01 Apr 1927-00 Aug 1928)
Participant at the Olympics in Amsterdam as a Member of the German Military Team (00 Aug 1928-31 Aug 1928)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Sep 1928-31 Jan 1929)
With the Staff of the 1st Artillery-Regiment and Riding-Instructor and Squadron-Chief at the Infantry-School Dresden (01 Feb 1929-30 Jun 1933)
Commander of the Transport-Battalion K�nigsberg (01 Jul 1933-31 Mar 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Commander of the 1st Flak-Battalion, K�nigsberg (01 Apr 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 1st Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of the 25th Flak-Regiment, Ludwigsburg (01 Oct 1936-31 Oct 1937)
Higher Flak Artillery Commander 1, K�nigsberg (01 Nov 1937-25 Sep 1938)
Commander of Air-Defence-Command Leipzig (26 Sep 1938-30 Jun 1939)
Commander of Air-Defence-Command 2 (01 Jul 1939-09 Apr 1940)
Flak Artillery Commander Norway (10 Apr 1940-23 Jul 1941)
Commander of Air-Defence-Command 2 (24 Jul 1941-31 Aug 1941)
Commander of the 2nd Flak-Division (01 Sep 1941-02 Feb 1942)
Commander of the 14th Flak-Division (03 Feb 1942-30 Nov 1942)
Retired (30 Nov 1942)
Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
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