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17
October 1908: Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker in 1. Ermländisches Infanterie-Regiment
Nr.150.
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7
May 1909-18 February 1910: Detached to the Glogau War School.
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2
August 1914: Company Officer in the Replacement Battalion of Infantry Regiment
150.
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16
August 1914: Transferred to the I. Bicycle Company Königsberg.
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16
September 1914: Adjutant of the 9th Landwehr Brigade.
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31
October 1914: Transferred back to the I. Bicycle Company Königsberg.
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20
May 1915: Ordnance Officer on the staff of the 17th Landwehr Division.
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1
March 1916: Company Leader in the 2nd Jäger Battalion.
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2
June 1917-2 July 1917: Detached to the Sharp Shooting School in Wilna.
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27
October 1917-22 November 1917: Detached for Machine Gun Training in Olita.
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9
October 1918: Deputy Leader of the I. Battalion of Infantry Regiment 380.
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21
October 1918: Again, Company Leader in the 2nd Jäger Battalion.
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1
August 1919: Transferred to Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 21.
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20
November 1919: Deputy Company Leader in Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 21.
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3
January 1920-24 January 1920: Detached to Infantry Cannon Battery 21 for
Machine Gun Assault Troop Training.
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1
June 1920: Company Officer in the 2nd Machine Gun Company of Reichswehr
Infantry Regiment 21.
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5
June 1920-13 July 1920: Detached to the Railway Station Commandant of Gerstungen.
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9
July 1920: Company Leader in Infantry Regiment 21.
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1
October 1920: Company Officer in Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 110.
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1
October 1921: Company Officer in Infantry Regiment 16.
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6
October 1921: Transferred to the staff of the I. Battalion of Infantry Regiment
16.
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17
January 1922-15 March 1922: At the same time, Deputy Adjutant of the I.
Battalion of Infantry Regiment 16.
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1
October 1922: Company Chief in Infantry Regiment 16.
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14
February 1928-3 March 1928: Detached to a course for physical training at
Wünsdorf.
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1
February 1929: Transferred to the Commandant of the Ohrdruf Troop Training
Area.
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1
February 1933: Transferred to Infantry Regiment 15.
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1
April 1933: Commander of the Training Battalion of Infantry Regiment 15.
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1
October 1934: Commander of the Training Battalion of Infantry Regiment “Gießen.”
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15
October 1935: Commander of the II. Battalion of Infantry Regiment 57.
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4
February 1938: Commander of Infantry Regiment 68 of the 23rd Infantry Division.
[Commanded by Generalleutnant Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, the
23rd Infantry Division took part in the invasion of Poland in September
1939.]
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25
October 1939: Commander of Infantry Ersatz [Replacement]-Regiment 71 of
the 171st Division. [Based in Hildesheim, this replacement and training
regiment provided basic training for new recruits.]
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5
December 1939: Commander of Infantry Ersatz-Regiment 267 of the 191st Division.
[Based in Hannover, this replacement and training regiment provided basic
training for new recruits.]
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10
December 1940: Commander of Infantry Regiment 241 of the 106th Infantry
Division. [Commanded by Generalmajor Ernst Dehner, the 106th Infantry Division
took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 as a component
of Army Group Center.]
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30
December 1941: Commander of the 416th Infantry Division in Denmark.
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1
June 1943: Army High Command Leader Reserve and, at the same time, detached
to the Dresden Army Recruitment Inspectorate.
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17
August 1943-8 May 1945: Commander of the 270th Infantry Division in Norway.
[Headquartered at Storsteinnes, south of Tromsø, the division served
under General der Gebirgstruppe Ferdinand Jodl’s Army Detachment “Narvik”
garrisoning northern Norway. At the time of the German surrender, Generalleutnant
Brabänder’s division consisted
of Grenadier-Regiment 341, Fortress
Battalions 643 and 648, Artillerie-Abteilung 270, Pioneer Battalion 270,
and signals and anti-tank companies numbered 270. All told, the division
mustered about 5,100 troops. The division’s Grenadier-Regiment 341 manned the Lyngen peninsula.]
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8
May 1945-1947: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
- 9th January 1946
transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
- 12th May 1948
transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation
