(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Gerhard Hüther
Born: 19 Dec 1894 in Berlin
Died: 24 Apr 1955 in Freudenstadt, Schwarzwald
Promotions:
Fähnrich (12 Jan 1915); Leutnant (08 May 1915); Oberleutnant (01 May 1925); Hauptmann (01 Dec 1929); Major (01 Nov 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1938); Oberst (01 Aug 1941); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (02 Aug 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 10th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-26 Sep 1914)
In the Field with the Regiment (26 Sep 1914-28 Jun 1917)
Detached to Foot Artillery Firing School Jüterbog (05 Jul 1915-03 Aug 1915)
Detached for Training as Antennae-Officer at Novo-Alexandrovsk (03 Jun 1917-13 Jun 1917)
Observation-Officer with the Staff of II. Battalion of the 10th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (28 Jun 1917-16 Nov 1917)
Battery-Leader in the 10th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (16 Nov 1917-11 Feb 1918)
Observation-Officer with the Staff of II. Battalion of the 10th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (11 Feb 1918-06 Aug 1918)
Battery-Leader in the 10th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (06 Aug 1918-12 Apr 1919)
Transferred to the Instruction-Regiment of the Foot Artillery Firing School (12 Apr 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred to the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred to the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Battery-Officer in the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1929)
Detached to Artillery Firing Course in Königsbrück (27 May 1926-07 Jul 1926)
Detached to the III. Battalion of the 10th Artillery-Regiment (16 Jul 1927-30 Sep 1927)
Detached to the 1st Signals-Battalion (01 Jun 1928-30 Sep 1928)
Weapon-Command with the 1st Motor-Transport-Battalion (15 Jun 1929-25 Sep 1929)
Transferred into the 3rd Artillery-Regiment & Detached to the Observation-Department of the Artillery Firing School, Jüterbog (01 Oct 1929-01 May 1933)
Instructor at the Artillery School (01 May 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of II. Battalion of Artillery-Regiment Jüterbog (01 Oct 1934-01 May 1935)
Commander of II. Battalion of the Artillery-Instruction-Regiment (01 May 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 39th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of the 9th Observation-Battalion (12 Oct 1937-26 Oct 1939)
Staff-Officer of Artillery with the General-Staff of Army High Command 16 (26 Oct 1939-25 Nov 1940)
Commander of the 14th Artillery-Regiment (25 Nov 1940-10 Dec 1941)
Department-Chief in OKH/In 4 Group-Director Heavy Artillery/In 4 (10 Dec 1941-1943)
Armaments-Inspector VIII b in Kattowitz (1943-01 Jul 1944)
Chief of Office-Group Artillery, OKH (01 Jul 1944-01 Nov 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Nov 1944-23 Nov 1944)
Commander of the 553rd Volksgrenadier-Division (23 Nov 1944-00 Jan 1945)
Führer-Reserve OKH (00 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

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