Generalleutnant Josef Feichtmeier
Born: 09 Aug 1883 in Vienna (Wien)
Died: 1945 missing, by the Order of the Regional Court Vienna was declared dead on 04 Dec 1957 with effect from 31 Dec 1945
Promotions:
Kadett-Offiziers-Stellvertreter (18 Aug 1901); Leutnant (01 Nov 1902); Oberleutnant (01 Nov 1907); Hauptmann (01 May 1912); Major (01 May 1917); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1920); Oberst (23 Jun 1923); Generalmajor (24 Jun 1929); Generalmajor z.V. (01 Apr 1939); Generalleutnant z.V. (01 Jan 1942)
Career:
Entered Austrian Army Service (18 Aug 1901)
Kadett-Offiziers-Stellvertreter in the 86th Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1901-01 Nov 1907)
Detached to War School (1905-1907)
Transferred into the 6th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1907-01 Nov 1908)
Assigned to the General-Staff (01 Nov 1908-01 May 1912)
Hauptmann in the General-Staff-Corps (01 May 1912-25 Mar 1913)
General-Staff-Officer of the 47th Infantry-Troop-Division (25 Mar 1913-07 Oct 1917)
Transferred into the 76th Infantry-Regiment (07 Oct 1917-00 Jan 1919)
Service with the Provisional German-Austrian Armed Forces and with the Volkswehr (00 Jan 1919-14 Aug 1920)
Transferred into the Austrian Federal Army (14 Aug 1920-01 May 1921)
Assigned with the 12th Alpine-Jäger-Regiment (01 May 1921-01 Sep 1922)
Transferred to Brigade-Command 6 while retaining Service with the 12th Alpine-Jäger-Regiment (01 Sep 1922-01 Feb 1923)
Transferred into Brigade-Command 6 (01 Feb 1923-04 Jun 1923)
Transferred into Brigade-Command 1 (04 Jun 1923-29 Jan 1924)
Assigned to the Army-Inspector and Transferred to the Army-School (29 Jan 1924-01 Feb 1925)
Transferred to the Military-Examinations-Commission (01 Feb 1925-01 Jan 1929)
Transferred into the Federal Ministry for Army Affairs while retaining post with the Military-Examinations-Commission (01 Jan 1929-01 Mar 1931)
Delegated with the Leadership of the Military-Examinations-Commission (01 Mar 1931-31 Jul 1931)
Retired (31 Jul 1931)
Placed to Disposal (German Army) (01 Apr 1939)
Commander of the Landesschützen-Regiment 1/XVII (26 Aug 1939-10 Mar 1940)
Commander of the 664th Infantry-Regiment (10 Mar 1940-27 Aug 1940)
Leader of Section-Staff South (27 Aug 1940-24 Jun 1941)
Chief of POW-Disposal-Staff Vienna (24 Jun 1941-1941)
Commander of POWs with the Wehrmacht-Commander Ukraine (1941-23 Nov 1942)
Führer-Reserve, Military-District-Command XVIII (23 Nov 1942-31 Mar 1943)
Retired (31 Mar 1943)
Abducted by the Russians and subsequently went missing (1945)

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