(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Hans Kratzert
Born: 19 Jan 1883 in Bautzen
Died: 03 Jul 1958 in Frankfurt, Main
Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (01 Apr 1901); Fähnrich (24 Nov 1901); Leutnant (22 Aug 1902); Oberleutnant (23 Jun 1911); Hauptmann (21 May 1914); Major (01 May 1925); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1930); Oberst (01 Jan 1933); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1935); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1938)
Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Apr 1901)
Fähnrich in the 77th Field-Artillery-Regiment & Detached to the War-School Anklam (01 Apr 1901-01 Oct 1910)
Adjutant of I. Battalion of the 77th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1910-01 Nov 1912)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 77th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1912-02 Aug 1914)
Battery-Chief in the 77th Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-17 Sep 1914)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 77th Field-Artillery-Regiment (17 Sep 1914-01 May 1915)
Battery-Chief in the 77th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1915-17 Nov 1916)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 77th Field-Artillery-Regiment (17 Nov 1916-20 Dec 1916)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 77th Field-Artillery-Regiment (20 Dec 1916-20 Dec 1918)
With the Staff of I. Battalion of the 77th Field-Artillery-Regiment (20 Dec 1918-01 Apr 1919)
Instructor at Defence-School Dresden (01 Apr 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 19th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-15 Nov 1919)
Battery-Leader in the 19th Artillery-Regiment (15 Nov 1919-01 Jan 1921)
With the Staff of III. Battalion of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Mar 1924)
With the Staff of the 4th Division (01 Mar 1924-01 Feb 1925)
With the Staff of the Command-Office of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Grafenwöhr and to the Command-Office Jüterbog (01 Feb 1925-01 Apr 1928)
With the Staff of II. Battalion of the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1928-01 Oct 1929)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-01 Feb 1932)
With the Staff of Artillery-Leader IV and Detached to the Artillery-School (01 Feb 1932-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of the Instruction-Staff of the Artillery-School (01 Oct 1934-06 Oct 1936)
Artillery-Commander 18 (06 Oct 1936-01 Mar 1938)
Artillery-Officer West for the Land Fortifications (01 Mar 1938-24 Nov 1938)
With the General-Staff of Group-Command 2 (24 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 251st Infantry-Division (26 Aug 1939-06 Aug 1941)
Führer-Reserve (06 Aug 1941-20 Sep 1941)
Higher Artillery Commander 303 (20 Sep 1941-16 Feb 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (16 Feb 1943-01 Apr 1943)
Detached to the Staff of the Commander of Rear Army Area 550 (01 Apr 1943-17 Apr 1943)
Commander of Rear Army Area 585 (17 Apr 1943-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 14.01.1942 als Generalleutnant und Harko 303
- RK des Kgl. Sächs. Militär St. Heinrichs-Orden: 06.10.1916
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Verdienst-Orden mit Schwertern
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Orden mit Schwertern und mit der Krone
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Silber
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
- Finn. Freiheitskreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern: 29.03.1943


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