(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Georg Kühn
Born: 21 Sep 1881 in Falkenhain, District Liegnitz, Silesia (Schlesien)
Died: 03 Mar 1945 in Berlin (Suicide)
Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (21 Mar 1900); Fähnrich (18 Oct 1900); Leutnant (18 Aug 1901); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1910); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1913); Major (01 Mar 1924); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1929); Oberst (01 Apr 1932); Generalmajor (11 Jan 1935); Charakter als Generalleutnant (20 Apr 1937); Generalleutnant z.V. (01 Feb 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1900)
Fähnrich in the 1st Railway-Regiment (22 Mar 1900-17 Sep 1909)
Detached to the Military Technical Academy (01 Oct 1905-30 Sep 1908)
Transferred to the Experimental Department of Transport Troops (17 Sep 1909-01 Apr 1912)
Transport-Officer on Location in Strasbourg, Alsace (01 Apr 1912-01 Oct 1913)
Chief of the 4th Fortress-Telephone-Company (01 Oct 1913-02 Aug 1914)
Leader of Fortress-Telephone-Battalion Straßburg/Elsaß (02 Aug 1914-03 Sep 1914)
Detached to the Staff of XV. Reserve-Corps to Assume the Position of 1st Adjutant (02 Sep 1914-16 Apr 1915)
1st Adjutant with the General-Command of XV. Reserve-Corps (16 Apr 1915-20 Oct 1915)
Leader of the 10th Railway-Construction-Company (20 Oct 1915-23 Oct 1916)
Transferred to Military-Railway-Direction 8 (23 Oct 1916-15 Nov 1917)
Staff-Officer of Railway Troops 5 with the Railway-Transport-Battalion Südost (15 Nov 1917-01 Feb 1918)
Commander of Railway Troops A (01 Feb 1918-16 Jun 1918)
Staff-Officer of Railway Troops 21 & Assigned as Regimental-Command of Railway Troops Zennig for Special Use (16 Jun 1918-09 Jul 1918)
Commander of Railway Troops 9 (09 Jul 1918-13 Sep 1918)
Commander of Railway Troops A (13 Sep 1918-24 Nov 1918)
Taken ill, in Hospital (24 Nov 1918-06 Jan 1919)
Transferred into the 1st Railway-Regiment (06 Jan 1919-10 Mar 1919)
Transferred into Convalescent Home Flinsberg (10 Mar 1919-15 Apr 1919)
Detached for Briefing to the Executive of the NEP Klausdorf (15 Apr 1919-30 Apr 1919)
Executive of the NEP Klausdorf (30 Apr 1919-21 Jul 1919)
Transferred to the Inspection of Motor Transport Troops & Detached to the Commander of Motor Transport Troops Lüttwitz (21 Jul 1919-04 Sep 1919)
Detached to the 4th Brigade-Motor-Transport-Battalion (04 Sep 1919-15 Dec 1919)
Company-Leader in the 3rd Brigade-Motor-Transport-Battalion (15 Dec 1919-09 Apr 1920)
Commander of the 20th Brigade-Motor-Transport-Battalion (09 Apr 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Company-Leader in the 2nd Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1920-01 Jun 1922)
Transferred into the 1st Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Jun 1922-01 Nov 1923)
Detached to the Inspection for Weapons & Equipment, RWM (01 Nov 1923-01 Dec 1923)
Transferred to the Staff of the Command-Office of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Döberitz (01 Dec 1923-01 Apr 1925)
Transferred to the Inspection for Weapons & Equipment (01 Apr 1925-01 Apr 1928)
Commander of the 5th Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Apr 1928-01 Nov 1930)
Detached to the Motor Transport Training Command with the 3rd Motor-Transport-Battalion (04 Jan 1929-15 Feb 1929)
Transferred to the Staff of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1930-01 Feb 1931)
Detached to the Army Weapons Office, RWM (01 Feb 1931-01 Mar 1931)
Department-Chief in the Army Weapons Office, RWM (01 Mar 1931-01 Feb 1934)
Transferred to the Staff of Group-Command 2 (01 Feb 1934-01 Jul 1934)
Commander of Motor Transport Command Kassel (01 Jul 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 3rd Panzer-Brigade (15 Oct 1935-31 Dec 1937)
Retired (31 Dec 1937)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (01 Apr 1939)
Inspector of Fast Troops in OKH (In 6) (26 Aug 1939-01 Jun 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Jun 1942-31 Jul 1942)

Awards & Decorations:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kgl. Preuss. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse


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