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Generalmajor Carl Schultze-Rhonhof
Born: 15 Mar 1891 in Danzig
Died: 08 Jan 1968 in Friedberg, Hessen
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (27 Aug 1910); F�hnrich (18 Oct 1910); Leutnant (18 Aug 1911); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1915); Hauptmann (18 Aug 1918); Charakter als Major (28 Feb 1930); Chilean Major (01 Mar 1930); Major (01 Mar 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1935); Oberst (01 Apr 1938); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 3rd Telegraph-Battalion, Koblenz (01 Mar 1910-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War School in Anklam (01 Oct 1910-30 Jun 1911)
Leader of the Heavy Radio-Station 10 (02 Aug 1914-29 Jun 1916)
Leader of the Heavy Radio-Station 11 (30 Jun 1916-07 Jan 1917)
Detached to the 1st Radio-Operator-Replacement-Battalion (28 Jan 1917-02 Mar 1917)
Detached to the Army-Radio-Commander 3 (03 Mar 1917-16 Apr 1917)
Radio-Operator-Commander 125 (17 Apr 1917-02 Jun 1917)
Detached to the Army-Radio-Operator-Battalion Linsingen (03 Jun 1917-08 Jul 1917)
Commander of the 17th Army-Radio-Operator-Battalion (09 Jul 1917-12 Jan 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Signals Affairs � Detached as Instructor to the Reserve-Officer-Aspirant-Course of Signals-Troops in Gr�nau (13 Jan 1918-18 Feb 1918)
Divisions-Signals-Commander of the 3rd Guards-Infantry-Division (19 Feb 1918-31 Dec 1918)
Temporary-Commander of the Radio-Operator-Department of the Supreme Army Command (01 Jan 1919-07 Feb 1919)
Commander of the Radio-Operator-Department of the Supreme Army Command (08 Feb 1919-08 Aug 1919)
Commander of Signals Troops in the Staff of Group-Command 2 (09 Aug 1919-31 Mar 1921)
Company-Chief in the 3rd Signals-Battalion (01 Apr 1921-09 Jul 1922)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the 3rd Signals-Battalion (10 Jul 1922-31 Dec 1922)
Company-Chief in the 1st Signals-Battalion (01 Jan 1923-30 Sep 1924)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the 1st Signals-Battalion (01 Oct 1924-31 Jan 1925)
Detached to Signals-Course for Staff-Officers at the Artillery-School J�terbog (15 Oct 1924-15 Dec 1924)
Signals-Officer with the Staff of the Commander L�tzen (01 Feb 1925-31 Jan 1928)
At the same time, Instructor with the Course for Signals-Officers with the 1st Signals-Battalion (15 Feb 1925-07 Apr 1925)
At the same time, Instructor with the Courses for Signals-Officers with the 1st Signals-Battalion (07 Oct 1926-21 Dec 1926)
Leader of the Cadre-Battalion of Detachment D of the Artillery-School J�terbog (01 Feb 1928-30 Apr 1928)
Signals-Officer with the Staff of Group-Command 2 (01 May 1928-30 Sep 1929)
Signals-Officer with the Staff of the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-28 Feb 1930)
Retired (28 Feb 1920)
Entered the Army of the Republic Of Chile as Instructor at the Signals-School of the Chilean Army (01 Mar 1930-30 Sep 1931)
Retired (30 Sep 1931)
Employed by the Army (Territorial-Officer from 01 Oct 1933) as Standing Signals-Officer with the 4th Signals-Battalion, Dresden (07 Dec 1931-30 Sep 1932)
Signals-Advisor with Military-District-Command IV, Dresden (01 Oct 1932-30 Apr 1934)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Apr 1941) and Signals-Advisor with Air-District-Command III, Dresden (01 May 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Inspector for the Civilian Air-Protection, RLM (01 Oct 1935-31 Dec 1939)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command II, Posen (01 Jan 1940-00 Jan 1942)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command XVII, Vienna (00 Jan 1942-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity (08 May 1945-27 Jun 1947)
Released (27 Jun 1947)

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