(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Heribert von Larisch
Born: 18 Jul 1894 in Freiburg, Breisgau
Died: 16 May 1972 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Leutnant (16 Sep 1914); Oberleutnant (18 May 1918); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1933); Major (01 Oct 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1940); Oberst (01 Oct 1941); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1944); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (05 Feb 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 18th Dragoon-Regiment (05 Feb 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Platoon & Squadron Leader in the 18th Dragoon-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-15 Jan 1918)
Company-Leader in the 359th Infantry-Regiment (15 Jan 1918-15 Aug 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the General-Staff of I. Reserve-Corps (15 Aug 1918-20 Dec 1918)
Transferred back to the 18th Dragoon-Regiment (20 Dec 1918-01 Feb 1919)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 18th Dragoon-Regiment then Adjutant of the Processing-Office of the 18th Dragoon-Regiment (01 Feb 1919-31 Mar 1920)
Retired (31 Mar 1920)
Entered Army Service as a Landwehr-Officer (01 Jul 1919); Active-Officer (01 Oct 1933)
Landwehr-Officer with Military-District-Command II, District-Administrator Schlochau & Bublitz (01 Jul 1929-01 Feb 1932)
Mobilization-Administrator with the Command-Office Neustettin (01 Feb 1932-01 Oct 1933)
Company-Chief in the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Company-Chief in Infantry-Regiment Kolberg (01 Oct 1934-01 Oct 1935)
Instructor at the Infantry-School Döberitz (01 Oct 1935-01 Jul 1936)
Company-Chief in the 94th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1936-01 Oct 1937)
Tactics Instructor at the War-School Hannover (01 Oct 1937-01 Sep 1939)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 167th Infantry-Regiment (01 Sep 1939-01 Oct 1939)
Director of Company & Battalion Leader Courses of the 86th Infantry-Division and of XXIII. Army-Corps (01 Oct 1939-10 Jan 1940)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 440th Infantry-Regiment (10 Jan 1940-01 Jul 1941)
At the same time, Tactics Instructor with the Battalion Leader Courses in Königsbrück (10 Jan 1940-30 May 1940)
Commander of the 440th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1941-01 Oct 1942)
Commander of the 1st Fortress-Brigade, Salonica (01 Oct 1942-23 Nov 1942)
Commander of the German Railway-Security-Staff Croatia (23 Nov 1942-31 Oct 1943)
6th Division-Leaders-Course in Berlin (26 Jul 1943-24 Aug 1943)
Commander of the 78th Assault-Division (01 Nov 1943-15 Feb 1944)
Commander of the 129th Infantry-Division (15 Feb 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Commander of the Infantry-School Döberitz (15 Mar 1945-25 Apr 1945)
Führer-Reserve OKH (25 Apr 1945-15 Jun 1945)
In US Captivity (15 Jun 1945-01 Jul 1947)
Released (01 Jul 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (26 Dec 1944)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (01 Sep 1944)


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