(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Char.Generalmajor Eberhardt Bohnstedt
Born: 22 Jul 1886 in Kassel
Died: 03 Oct 1957 in Wiesbaden
Promotions:
Fähnrich (15 Nov 1904); Leutnant (18 Aug 1905); Oberleutnant (18 Feb 1913); Hauptmann (24 Dec 1914); Major (01 Feb 1925); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1930); Oberst (01 Oct 1932); Charakter als Generalmajor (01 Jul 1935)
Career:
Entered Army Service (07 Mar 1904)
Fahnenjunker in the 12th Grenadier-Regiment (07 Mar 1904-01 Apr 1909)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 12th Grenadier-Regiment (01 Apr 1909-01 Oct 1912)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1912-1914)
In different General-Staff positions, finally in the General-Staff of the 242nd Infantry-Division (1914-1918)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 3rd Division (01 Oct 1920-1923)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 2nd Cavalry-Division (1923-1924)
Company-Chief in the 12th Infantry-Regiment (6th Company) (1924-01 May 1925)
Transferred into the Army-Training-Department (T4) in the RWM (01 May 1925-01 Oct 1925)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 3rd Division (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1929)
Transferred into the 6th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-01 Jan 1930)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 6th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1930-1932)
Chief of the Air-Defence-Office in RWM (1932-01 Nov 1934)
Commander of the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1934-30 Jun 1935)
Retired from Army Service (30 Jun 1935)

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