(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Oskar van Ginkel
Born: 18 Dec 1882 in Munich (München)
Died: 14 Nov 1949 in Vorkuta, USSR
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (15 Oct 1902); Fähnrich (29 Jan 1903); Leutnant (28 Oct 1904); Oberleutnant (07 Mar 1912); Hauptmann (09 Aug 1915); Major (01 Feb 1926); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1930); Oberst (01 Apr 1933); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1936); Charakter als Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Feb 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (14 Jul 1902)
Fahnenjunker in the 7th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (14 Jul 1902-05 Oct 1913)
Detached to the War School in Munich (01 Mar 1903-01 Mar 1904)
Detached to the Artillery and Engineer School (01 Oct 1906-04 Jul 1907)
Detached to Firing Instruction Course in Camp Lechfeld (05 Jul 1907-15 Aug 1907)
Detached to Gun Factory in Amberg (13 Jan 1908-25 Jan 1908)
Detached to Course for Field-Artillery-Officers with the Telegraph-Detachment (08 Mar 1909-11 Mar 1909)
Detached to the Military Riding School in Munich (01 Oct 1910-30 Sep 1912)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 7th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Oct 1913-28 Dec 1914)
Battery-Leader in the 7th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (28 Dec 1914-28 Oct 1916)
Adjutant of the 1st Bavarian Field-Artillery-Brigade (28 Oct 1916-20 Jan 1917)
Battery-Leader in the 7th Field-Artillery-Regiment (20 Jan 1917-10 Dec 1917)
Delegated with the Leadership of the I. Battalion of the 7th Field-Artillery-Regiment (10 Dec 1917-02 Jan 1918)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 7th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Jan 1918-21 Jan 1919)
Battery-Leader in the 7th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (21 Jan 1919-01 Jun 1919)
Battery-Chief in the 21st Light Artillery-Regiment (01 Jun 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Battery-Chief in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Apr 1924)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1924-01 Mar 1925)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the III. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Mar 1925-01 Oct 1925)
Transferred to the 7th Battery of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-01 Jan 1926)
With the Staff of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1926-15 Feb 1926)
Transferred to the 4th Battery of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (15 Feb 1926-01 May 1926)
With the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1926-01 Nov 1926)
Welfare-Officer with the Riding Institute of the Infantry-School (01 Nov 1926-01 Dec 1927)
With the Staff of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Dec 1927-01 Apr 1928)
Transferred to the Staff of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1928-01 Apr 1929)
With the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1929-01 Oct 1929)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-01 Apr 1932)
Commandant of Munich (01 Apr 1932-01 Oct 1932)
Commander of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of Artillery-Regiment Nürnberg (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Artillery-Commander 7 (15 Oct 1935-12 Nov 1936)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army (12 Nov 1936-01 Jan 1937)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Munich (01 Jan 1937-01 Mar 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Mar 1943-15 Mar 1943)
Detached to the Staff of the Commander of Rear-Army-Area 583 (15 Mar 1943-18 Apr 1943)
General with Special Duties with Army-Group North, Assigned with the Examination of the Provisions and Stocks (18 Apr 1943-26 Jun 1943)
Commander of Rear Army Area 583 (26 Jun 1943-05 Mar 1945)
Commander of the Rear Army Area of Army High Command 18, at the same time, Commandant of North Kurland (05 Mar 1945-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (09 May 1945-14 Nov 1949)
Died in Soviet Captivity (14 Nov 1949)

Awards & Decorations:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubiläums-Medaille
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern und mit der Krone
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. bis I. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Ärmelband “Kurland”


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