(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Friedrich Dümlein
Born: 26 Dec 1875 in Lindau, Lake Constance (Bodensee)
Died: 10 Apr 1948 in Tutzing
Promotions:
Fähnrich (11 Jul 1896); Sekondeleutnant (06 Mar 1898); umbenannt Leutnant (01 Jan 1899); Oberleutnant (09 Mar 1908); Hauptmann (25 Aug 1913); Major (14 Dec 1917); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1923); Oberst (01 Feb 1928); Charakter als Generalmajor (31 Oct 1930); Generalmajor z.V. (01 Sep 1940); Generalleutnant z.V. (01 Dec 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (11 Jul 1896)
Fähnrich in the 3rd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (11 Jul 1896-01 Oct 1903)
Detached to War School in Munich (01 Mar 1897-21 Jan 1898)
Granted Leave for 6 Months to England, later placed on Interpreter-Tests in English (01 Oct 1903-01 Aug 1905)
Detached to District-Command Weilheim (01 Aug 1905-01 Oct 1905)
Adjutant of District-Command Weilheim (01 Oct 1905-30 Sep 1907)
Platoon-Leader in the 3rd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (30 Sep 1907-01 Oct 1913)
Court-Officer of the 3rd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (16 Mar 1908-15 Sep 1908)
Court-Officer of the 3rd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (18 Nov 1908-29 Sep 1909)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1909-30 Sep 1912)
Adjutant of the 3rd Bavarian Infantry-Brigade (01 Oct 1913-01 Apr 1915)
Adjutant of the 4th Bavarian Infantry-Brigade (01 Apr 1915-17 Sep 1916)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of Division H (7th Army) (17 Sep 1916-28 Sep 1916)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 9th Bavarian Reserve-Division (28 Sep 1916-26 May 1917)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 20th Bavarian Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (26 May 1917-30 Oct 1917)
With the General-Staff of the I. Bavarian Army-Corps (30 Oct 1917-17 Dec 1918)
Adjutant of the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Division (17 Dec 1918-17 May 1919)
Adjutant of Higher Disbandment-Staff 104 (17 May 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Adjutant of the 24th Reichswehr-Brigade (01 Oct 1919-01 Apr 1920)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 47th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1921)
Company-Chief in the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-01 Dec 1922)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1922-01 Oct 1923)
Transferred to the Staff of the 3rd Division and Detached to Pioneer-School Munich (01 Oct 1923-01 Apr 1924)
Advisor with the Army-Peace-Commission (01 Apr 1924-01 Oct 1926)
Advisor in the RWM (01 Oct 1926-01 Nov 1928)
With the Staff of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1928-01 Feb 1929)
Commander of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1929-31 Oct 1930)
Retired (31 Oct 1930)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (25 Jul 1938)
Commander of the 44th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-01 Apr 1940)
Führer-Reserve – Military-District-Command VII (01 Apr 1940-16 Oct 1940)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Division 407 (16 Oct 1940-01 May 1942)
Führer-Reserve (01 May 1942-30 Jun 1942)
Retired (30 Apr 1943)

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