(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Hans Kamecke
Born: 18 Aug 1890 in Halberstadt
Died: 16 Oct 1943 near Kolpen, USSR (Killed)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (12 Mar 1909); Leutnant (20 Feb 1910); Oberleutnant (18 Oct 1915); Hauptmann (18 Oct 1918); Polizei-Hauptmann (1920); Polizei-Major (04 Apr 1928); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1935); Oberstleutnant (15 Oct 1935); Oberst (01 Oct 1937); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1943)
Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1909)
Fähnrich in the 26th Infantry-Regiment (22 Mar 1909-02 Aug 1914)
Platoon & Company Leader in the 26th Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-1917)
Training-Officer with the Officer-Aspirant-Course in Belgium (1917-1919)
Company-Leader in a Volunteer-Regiment (1919-1920)
Transferred into Police Service (1920)
Alarm-Leader & District-Chief with the Security-Police Berlin (1920-00 Jun 1929)
Instructor at the Police-School Brandenburg (00 Jun 1929-00 Nov 1931)
Transferred to the Police-Administration Berlin (00 Nov 1931-01 Apr 1935)
Commander of Police-Department Wetzlar (01 Apr 1935-00 Jun 1935)
In the Prussian Ministry of the Interior (00 Jun 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred into Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Battalion-Commander in the 36th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-01 Oct 1936)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 115th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1936-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of the 124th Border-Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-01 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 124th Infantry-Regiment (01 Sep 1939-Autumn 1941)
Taken ill, Führer-Reserve (Autumn 1941-22 Dec 1941)
Commander of the 137th Infantry-Division (22 Dec 1941-02 Feb 1942)
Severely wounded, in Hospital (02 Feb 1942-15 May 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (15 May 1942-01 Jun 1942)
Commander of the 137th Infantry-Division (01 Jun 1942-16 Oct 1943)
Killed (16 Oct 1943)

Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz: am 27.10.1943 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 137. Infanterie-Division
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 01.12.1941 als Oberst und Kommandeur des Infanterie-Regiment 124
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz
- Kgl. Bulgar. Tapferkeitsorden III. Klasse, I. Stufe


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