(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Kurt Himer
Born: 21 Dec 1888 in Cottbus
Died: 04 Apr 1942 in Simferopol Hospital, USSR
Promotions:
Leutnant (19 Aug 1909); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1915); Hauptmann (22 Mar 1917); Major (01 Feb 1930); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1934); Oberst (01 Jan 1936); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (21 Apr 1908)
Fahnenjunker in the 157th Infantry-Regiment (21 Apr 1908-01 Jul 1912)
Adjutant of I. Battalion of the 157th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1912-27 Mar 1915)
MG-Company-Officer in the 157th Infantry-Regiment (27 Mar 1915-20 May 1916)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 157th Infantry-Regiment (20 May 1916-16 Oct 1916)
Adjutant of the 233rd Infantry-Brigade (16 Oct 1916-16 May 1917)
In the General-Staff of XXXI. Reserve-Corps (16 May 1917-22 Aug 1917)
In the General-Staff of the 81st Reserve-Division (22 Aug 1917-16 Mar 1918)
In the General-Staff of the 34th Infantry-Division (16 Mar 1918-28 Mar 1918)
Transferred into the General Staff (28 Mar 1918-22 Jun 1918)
Officer of the Army & Assigned with V. Reserve-Corps (22 Jun 1918-03 Jul 1918)
Assigned with the High Command of the 3rd Army (03 Jul 1918-29 Jul 1918)
In the General-Staff of the 7th Landwehr-Division (29 Jul 1918-06 Jan 1919)
In the General-Staff of XXII. Reserve-Corps (06 Jan 1919-06 Feb 1919)
In the General-Staff of Army-Group Kiev (06 Feb 1919-10 Feb 1919)
In the General-Staff of I. Army-Corps (10 Feb 1919-20 Feb 1919)
Mobile District-Commissioner in Tilsit (Sovetsk) (20 Feb 1919-08 Oct 1919)
With the Staff of Infantry-Leader 20 (08 Oct 1919-16 Oct 1919)
Detached to the 41st Reichswehr-Brigade (16 Oct 1919-06 Feb 1920)
In the General-Staff of Infantry-Leader 20 (06 Feb 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 40th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-07 Nov 1920)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (07 Nov 1920-01 Oct 1921)
Company-Chief in the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-01 Jan 1923)
With the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Jan 1923-01 Apr 1927)
With the Staff of Infantry-Leader VI (01 Apr 1927-01 Oct 1928)
Transferred into the 6th Mounted-Regiment & Detached to the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea, Kiel (01 Oct 1928-01 Jun 1929)
Detached to the Command-Office Cuxhaven while retaining detachment to the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Jun 1929-01 Aug 1930)
Transferred to the Command-Office Hannover while retaining detachment with the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Aug 1930-01 Apr 1931)
Transferred into the RWM (01 Apr 1931-01 Dec 1934)
Commander of I. Battalion of Infantry-Regiment München (01 Dec 1934-01 Aug 1935)
Commander of Infantry-Regiment München (01 Aug 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-01 Aug 1938)
Officer with Special Duties of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army (01 Jun 1938-10 Nov 1938)
Military-Attaché in Warsaw (10 Nov 1938-09 Sep 1939)
Chief of the General Staff of Border-Protection-Section-Command 1 (09 Sep 1939-15 Sep 1939)
Chief of the General Staff of Corps Kaupisch (15 Sep 1939-19 Sep 1939)
Military-Commander Danzig-West Prussia (19 Sep 1939-22 Oct 1939)
Chief of the General Staff of Higher-Command XXXI (07 Nov 1939-00 May 1940)
Commander of the 216th Infantry-Division (08 Sep 1940-01 Apr 1941)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Apr 1941-00 Apr 1941)
German General with the High Command of the Royal Hungarian Armed Forces (00 Apr 1941-18 Aug 1941)
Führer-Reserve (19 Aug 1941-17 Dec 1941)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 46th Infantry-Division (17 Dec 1941-25 Dec 1941)
Commander of the 46th Infantry-Division (25 Dec 1941-26 Mar 1942)
Severely wounded, Führer-Reserve (26 Mar 1942-04 Apr 1942)
Died of his wounds (04 Apr 1942)

Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (23 Mar 1942)


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