(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Otto Gullmann
Born: 07 Nov 1887 in Ingolstadt
Died: 02 Jan 1963 in Saalfeld-Oberalting
Promotions:
Fähnrich (07 Jul 1907); Leutnant (23 Feb 1910); Oberleutnant (19 May 1915); Hauptmann (08 May 1918); Polizei-Hauptmann (07 Nov 1919); Polizei-Major (01 Jun 1931); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Sep 1934); Polizei-Oberst (01 Oct 1935); Oberst (15 Oct 1935); Charakter als Generalmajor (01 Jun 1939); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1943)
Career:
Entered Army Service (07 Jul 1907)
Passed Out the Bavarian Cadet-Corps as Fähnrich in the 9th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Jul 1907-02 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War School in Munich (22 Apr 1908-06 Apr 1909)
Detached to the Bavarian Artillery and Engineer School (01 Oct 1911-10 Aug 1912)
In the Field as a Battery-Officer with the 9th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-05 Sep 1914)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 9th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Sep 1914-18 Dec 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (18 Dec 1915-01 Feb 1916)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 9th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1916-05 Aug 1916)
Battery-Leader in the 23rd Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Aug 1916-15 Nov 1916)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 9th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Nov 1916-23 Mar 1917)
Staff-Officer of Artillery with the Staff of Staging-Inspection VI (23 Mar 1917-01 Feb 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 9th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1919-05 Feb 1919)
Temporary-Regiments-Adjutant of the 9th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Feb 1919-20 Apr 1919)
Transferred to Freikorps Landsberg (20 Apr 1919-23 Jun 1919)
Transferred into the 21st Light Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (23 Jun 1919-15 Oct 1919)
Transferred to the Processing-Office of the 9th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1919-07 Nov 1919)
Transferred to Police Service (07 Nov 1919)
With the Munich Police as Leader of the 18th Unit (07 Nov 1919-12 Dec 1919)
Adjutant of the III. Detachment of the State-Police Munich (12 Dec 1919-01 Nov 1923)
Unit-Leader with the State-Police Munich (01 Nov 1923-10 Jan 1927)
Detached for Training with the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1924-12 Aug 1924)
Leader of the Riding-Courses for Police-Officers of the State-Police Munich (10 Jan 1927-15 Jan 1929)
Officer with the Staff of Section-Command III of the State-Police Munich (15 Jan 1929-01 Dec 1929)
At the same time, Leader of the 3rd Police-District Munich (02 Apr 1929-01 Dec 1929)
Transferred to the Command of the Protection-Police Munich while retaining previous position as Leader of the 3rd Police-District-Munich (01 Dec 1929-01 Jun 1931)
Personnel-Advisor with Section-Command II of the State-Police Munich (01 Jun 1931-01 Aug 1934)
At the same time, also Training-Advisor with Section-Command II of the State-Police Munich (01 Jun 1933-30 Sep 1933)
Detached to Battalion-Leaders-Course with Infantry-Leader VII (14 Feb 1934-28 Feb 1934)
Commander of the State-Police-Department Regensburg (01 Aug 1934-16 Aug 1934)
Commander of the State-Police-Department Aschaffenburg (16 Aug 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Detached to Course for Staff-Officers with the Infantry-Regiment Gießen (01 Oct 1935-08 Oct 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Assigned to the Staff of the 36th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Officer with Special Duties with the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Assigned to the General-Command of the IX. Army-Corps (06 Oct 1936-01 Feb 1937)
Commandant of Münster, Westphalia (01 Feb 1937-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 16th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-15 Feb 1940)
Senior Field Commandant 520, Belgium (15 Feb 1940-04 Apr 1942)
Commandant of Rear-Army-Area 582 (with Panzer Army High Command 2) (04 Apr 1942-08 Nov 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (08 Nov 1943-11 Mar 1944)
Senior Field Commandant 395 (11 Mar 1944-10 May 1944)
At the same time, Commander of Salonika-Aegean (11 Mar 1944-05 Apr 1944)
At the same time, Commander of Tactical Operations-Staff Salonika-Aegean the Designation of Corps-Group Salonika (05 Apr 1944-01 Apr 1944)
German Plenipotentiary General in Albania (01 Jun 1944-20 Oct 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (30 Oct 1944-10 Jan 1945)
General with Special Duties with Military-District-Command VII, Munich (10 Jan 1945-03 May 1945)
In Captivity (03 May 1945-25 Jun 1947)
Released (25 Jun 1947)

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