(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Dr.ing. Karl Leitner
Born: 10 Mar 1883 in Salzburg
Died: 18 Apr 1953 in Vienna (Wien)
Doctorate in Engineering: 23 Dec 1919
Promotions:
Vormeister (22 Dec 1902); Korporal (01 Apr 1903); Leutnant der Reserve (01 Jan 1904); aktiver Leutnant (01 Nov 1908); Oberleutnant (01 Nov 1912); Hauptmann (01 Nov 1914); Major (01 Jan 1920); Oberstleutnant (01 Jul 1921); Oberst (31 Mar 1926); Generalbaurat (31 Aug 1928); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1936); Feldmarschall-Leutnant (12 Dec 1936); Generalleutnant (01 Jun 1938)
Career:
Studies at the Technical College Vienna (1900-1902)
Entered Austrian Army Service (01 Oct 1902)
One Year Volunteer in the 41st Division-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1902-30 Sep 1903)
Discharged to Reserve (30 Sep 1903)
Studies at the Technical College Vienna (1903-1905)
Called Up for Weapons Exercise with the 14th Corps-Artillery-Regiment (16 Jul 1904-16 Jun 1904)
Called Up for Probational Service with the 14th Corps-Artillery-Regiment (19 May 1905-01 Nov 1908)
Activated to Army Service (01 Nov 1908)
Leutnant in the 14th Corps-Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1908-01 Oct 1909)
Frequentant of Higher Artillery Courses (01 Oct 1909-30 Oct 1912)
Transferred into the Artillery Staff & Detached as Adjutant at the Field Artillery Firing School (01 Nov 1912-25 Jul 1914)
Artillery-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the 17th Field-Artillery-Brigade (25 Jul 1914-16 Oct 1914)
Taken ill, in Hospital then Leave (16 Oct 1914-01 Mar 1915)
Representative of the Artillery Staff Chief of Fortress-Command-Office Trient (01 Mar 1915-28 Mar 1915)
Director of the Artillery-Group & of Turkish Matters in the Evidence-Bureau of the Army General Staff (28 Mar 1915-08 Nov 1918)
At the same time, Examiner of English & Turkish Languages at the Interpreter School, Vienna (07 Jan 1918-08 Nov 1918)
In Processing Service of the Liquidation Evidence Bureau of the General Staff (08 Nov 1918-30 Jun 1919)
Transferred into Personnel-Evidence of the 6th Field-Artillery-Regiment (30 Jun 1919-01 Mar 1920)
Assigned to State Commission A (01 Mar 1920-16 May 1920)
Group-Director in Weapons-Depot Salzburg (16 May 1920-15 Jul 1920)
Transferred into the Army Administration Office Salzburg (15 Jul 1920-01 Jul 1921)
Transferred into the Technical Weapons Department of the Federal Ministry for Army Matters (01 Jul 1921-01 Feb 1931)
Executive of Department 5 of the Federal Ministry for Army Matters (01 Feb 1931-01 Jul 1935)
Chief of the War Technical Office (01 Jul 1935-10 Oct 1936)
Director of Section II of the Federal Ministry for State Defence (10 Oct 1936-15 Mar 1938)
Transferred into the German Army (15 Mar 1938)
Transferred to the Archive-Staff of Army-Group-Command 5 (15 Mar 1938-31 Oct 1938)
Retired (31 Oct 1938)

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