(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Hans-Joachim Deckert
Born: 29 Oct 1904 in Tennrode, District Weimar
Died: 05 Mar 1988 in Bielefeld
Promotions
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (01 Jul 1925); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Nov 1925); Fähnrich (01 Sep 1926); Oberfähnrich (01 Aug 1927); Leutnant (01 Aug 1928); Oberleutnant (01 Jun 1932); Hauptmann (01 Dec 1935); Major (01 Feb 1941); Oberstleutnant (01 Jul 1943); Oberst (20 Apr 1944); Generalmajor (30 Jan 1945)
Commands – Assignments
Entered Army Srvice (01 Apr 1924)
Volunteer in the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1924-01 Oct 1924)
Transferred to the Training-Battery of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1924-01 Apr 1925)
Transferred into the II. Battalion of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1925-01 Aug 1928)
Detached to I. Course at the Infantry-School (01 Mar 1926-30 Sep 1926)
Detached to the Artillery-School (05 Nov 1926-13 Aug 1927)
Battery-Officer in the 5th Battery of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1928-01 Oct 1930)
Battery-Officer in the Training-Battery of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1932)
Detached to Course for Weather-Service on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Ohrdruf (01 May 1931-13 May 1931)
Ordinance-Officer with the Regiments-Staff of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1932-15 Jan 1934)
Detached to Course on Fortress-Guns in Jüterbog (01 Oct 1932-28 Oct 1932)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (15 Jan 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of Artillery-Regiment Dresden (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-01 May 1936)
Detached to the 24th Observation-Battalion (01 May 1936-06 Oct 1936)
Company-Chief in the 4th Observation-Battalion (06 Oct 1936-12 Oct 1939)
Detached to Training-Course for the new Sonic-Ranging-Equipment with the Observation-Transport-Department Jüterbog (18 Jan 1937-23 Jan 1937)
Detached to Course for Artillery-Observation-Troops at the Artillery-School in Jüterbog (11 Feb 1938-24 Feb 1938)
Führer-Reserve OKH (12 Oct 1939-10 Nov 1939)
Instructor at the Observer-School in Jüterbog (10 Nov 1939-11 May 1940)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the Higher Artillery Commander 302 (11 May 1940-01 Dec 1940)
Commander of the 35th Observation-Battalion (01 Dec 1940-12 Jan 1942)
Instructor at Artillery-School 1 (12 Jan 1942-15 May 1943)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 76th Panzer-Artillery-Regiment (15 May 1943-25 Sep 1943)
Commander of the 76th Panzer-Artillery-Regiment (25 Sep 1943-01 Sep 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Sep 1944-09 Oct 1944)
Detached to 14th Division-Leaders-Course (08 Sep 1944-07 Oct 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 15th Panzer-Grenadier-Division (09 Oct 1944-28 Jan 1945)
Führer-Reserve OKH (28 Jan 1945-20 Mar 1945)
Commander of the 19th Panzer-Division (20 Mar 1945-10 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (10 May 1945-12 Oct 1955)
Released (12 Oct 1955)

Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (29 Oct 1944)


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