(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
General der Gebirgstruppe Franz Boehme
Born: 15 Apr 1885 in Zeltweg, District Judenburg, Styria (Steiermark)
Died: 29 May 1947 in Nuremberg (Nürnberg) (Suicide)
Promotions:
Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter (18 Aug 1904); Leutnant (01 Nov 1905); Oberleutnant (01 Nov 1911); Hauptmann (01 May 1915); Major (Titel) (01 Jul 1920); Oberstleutnant (Titel) (08 Jul 1921); Oberstleutnant (30 Dec 1926); Oberst (25 Sep 1929); Generalmajor (24 Dec 1935); Generalleutnant (01 Jun 1939); General der Infanterie (01 Aug 1940); umernannt zum General der Gebirgstruppe (23 Mar 1944)
Career:
Entered Austrian Army Service (18 Aug 1904)
Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter and Platoon-Commander in the 95th Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1904-01 Oct 1910)
Instructions-Officer at the One-Year-Volunteer-School of the 95th Infantry-Regiment, Lemberg (01 Oct 1910-01 Oct 1911)
Assigned to the War School Vienna (01 Oct 1911-31 Jul 1914)
Detached for 1 month from the War School for Troop-Service in the 14th Field-Cannon-Regiment (10 Aug 1912)
Detached for1½ Months from the War School for Troop-Service with the 13th Dragoon-Regiment (01 Aug 1913-31 Jul 1914)
Assigned to the General Staff (31 Jul 1914-03 Aug 1914)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Fortress-Command Halicz, East Galicia (03 Aug 1914-06 Sep 1914)
Assigned as General-Staff-Officer with the Command of the 38th Imperial Hungarian Honved-Division (06 Sep 1914-10 Mar 1915)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 131st Infantry-Brigade (10 Mar 1915-02 Jun 1915)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 132nd Infantry-Brigade (02 Jun 1915-01 Sep 1915)
Transferred, while retaining his previous Command, to the General Staff (01 Sep 1915-24 Dec 1916)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of XXIV. Corps-Command (24 Dec 1916-23 Feb 1917)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) and Intelligence Officer (Ic) in the General-Staff of the Prussian Special-Purpose-General-Command 51 (23 Feb 1917-26 May 1917)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the Section-Command IIa (XXIV. Corps) (26 May 1917-22 Nov 1917)
General-Staff-Officer with the Command of the II. Isonzo-Army (22 Nov 1917-25 Dec 1917)
General-Staff-Officer with the Command of the I. Isonzo-Army (25 Dec 1917-22 May 1918)
General-Staff-Officer with the Royal and Imperial Army High Command (22 May 1918-28 Aug 1918)
General-Staff-Officer of the 1st Infantry-Division (28 Aug 1918-28 Dec 1918)
Transferred into the 1st Field-Jäger-Battalion (28 Dec 1918-1919)
Transferred into the 6th Volkswehr-Battalion, Bruck, then II, Loeben (1919-20 Sep 1920)
Platoon-Commander in the 10th Alpenjäger-Regiment (20 Sep 1920-09 Mar 1921)
Assigned to the provisional 3rd Brigade-Command (09 Mar 1921-16 Apr 1921)
Temporary-Chief of Staff of the 3rd Brigade-Command, St. Pölten (16 Apr 1921-01 Dec 1922)
Assignd as Officer with 5th Brigade-Command, Graz (01 Dec 1922-01 Dec 1923)
Temporary-Staff-Chief with the 5th Brigade-Command, Graz (01 Dec 1923-01 Jan 1927)
Chief of Staff of the 5th Brigade-Command, Graz (01 Jan 1927-01 Feb 1930)
At the same time, Assigned to Troop-Service with the 5th Brigade-Artillery-Battalion (01 Apr 1928-31 May 1928)
At the same time, Detached to Troop-Service with the 10th Alpenjäger-Regiment (01 Jun 1928-31 Oct 1929)
Director of the Army-Administration-Office Eisenstadt (01 Feb 1930-01 Feb 1931)
Chief of Staff of the 3rd Brigade-Command, St. Pölten (01 Feb 1931-01 Sep 1932)
Instructor at the Military-Tests-Commission for Staff-Officers (01 Sep 1932-01 Dec 1933)
Advisor in the 2nd Department of the Federal Ministry for State Defence (01 Dec 1933-01 Jan 1935)
Manager of Department 1/A in the Federal Ministry for State Defence (01 Jan 1935-01 Jun 1935)
Manager of the Signals-Department in the Federal Ministry for State Defence (01 Jun 1935-16 Mar 1938)
At the same time, Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian Federal Army (02 Mar 1938-16 Mar 1938)
Transferred into the German Army (15 Mar 1938)
Director of Section III in the Federal Ministry for State Defence (16 Mar 1938-01 Jul 1938)
Designated, in agreement with Hitler, as successor to General Jansas, as Chief of the General Staff, Austrian Forces (00 Feb 1938)
Detached to the 23rd Division (01 Jul 1938-01 Aug 1938)
Officer with Special Duties with the Commander-in-Chief of the Army (01 Aug 1938-10 Nov 1938)
Infantry-Commander 23 and Garrison-Senior in Brandenburg, Havel (10 Nov 1938-01 Jul 1939)
Commander of the 30th Division (01 Jul 1939-19 Jul 1939)
Commander of the 32nd Division (19 Jul 1939-05 Jun 1940)
At the same time, Delegated with the Leadership of II. Army-Corps (05 Sep 1939-28 Sep 1939)
Delegated with the Leadership of XXXXIII. Army-Corps (05 Jun 1940-15 Jun 1940)
Delegated with the Leadership of XVIII. Army-Corps (15 Jun 1940-01 Nov 1940)
Commanding General of XVIII. Mountain-Corps (01 Nov 1940-10 Dec 1943)
At the same time, Commanding General & Commnder in Serbia (16 Sep 1941-02 Dec 1941)
Commanding General of the Replacement XVIII. Army-Corps and Commander in Military-District XVIII (01 Jan 1944-24 Jun 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 2nd Panzer-Army (24 Jun 1944-15 Jul 1944)
Sevrely wounded in a flying accident in a Fieseler Storch (15 Jul 1944-18 Jul 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (18 Jul 1944-08 Jan 1945)
Wehrmacht-Commander Norway and Commander-in-Chief of the 20th Mountain-Army (08 Jan 1945-09 May 1945)
In captivity (09 May 1945-29 May 1947)
Committed Suicide (29 May 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (68): am 29.06.1940 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 32. Infanterie-Division
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (524/4): am 10.02.1944 als General der Infanterie und Kommandierender General XVIII. Gebirgs-Korps
- 1914 EK I: 12.06.1917
- 1914 EK II: 00.00.1916
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Jubiläums-Kreuz 1848: 02.12.1908
- k.u.k. Österr. Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration und Schwertern
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration und Schwertern (zum 2. ten Mal)
- k.u.k. Österr. Bronzene Militär-Verdienstmedaille (“Signum Laudis”) am Band des Militär-Verdienstkreuzes und den Schwertern
- k.u.k. Österr. Silberne Militär-Verdienstmedaille (“Signum Laudis”) am Band des Militär-Verdienstkreuzes und den Schwertern
- k.u.k. Österr. Karl-Truppen-Kreuz
- Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern der Republik Österreich: 19.06.1933
- Goldenes Verdienstzeichen der Republik Österreich: 23.12.1933
- Komturkreuz des Kgl. Ungar. Verdienstordens: 00.00.1936
- Militär-Dienstzeichen 2. Klasse für Offiziere der Republik Österreich: 00.00.1937
- Kgl. Ungar. Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern
- Grossoffizierkreuz des Kgl. Italien. Orden der Krone: 21.02.1938
- Spange zum EK I: 25.09.1939
- Spange zum EK II: 12.09.1939
- Grosskreuz des Kgl. Bulgar. Militär-Verdienstordens mit der Kriegsdekoration : 08.08.1941
- Komturkreuz des Kgl. Ungar. Verdienstordens mit Stern und Schwertern: 19.06.1942
- Finn. Freiheitskreuz I. Klasse mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern: 13.05.1943


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