(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Fritz Gaedicke
Born: 16 Feb 1896 in Berlin
Died: 26 Mar 1970 in Berlin
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (27 Jul 1915); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (10 Sep 1915); Fähnrich (31 Dec 1915); Leutnant (12 May 1916); Oberleutnant (23 Nov 1923); Hauptmann (01 Aug 1928); Major (01 Mar 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Nov 1940); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (19 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer in the Replacement-Battalion of the 2nd Kaiser-Franz-Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (19 Aug 1914-21 Dec 1914)
Taken Ill, in Hospital (21 Dec 1914-23 Jul 1915)
Transferred as Fahnenjunker to the 18th Pioneer-Replacement-Battalion (23 Jul 1915-28 Oct 1915)
Transferred into the 1st Reserve-Company of the 18th Pioneer-Battalion (28 Oct 1915-16 Jul 1918)
Detached to the Army-Gas-Protection-School in Berlin (22 Jul 1916-29 Jul 1916)
Temporary-Adjutant of the 18th Pioneer-Battalion (19 May 1917-10 Jun 1917)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 18th Pioneer-Battalion (10 Dec 1917-15 May 1918)
Wounded, in Military-Hospital (16 Jul 1918-04 Nov 1918)
Leader of the 4th Field-Company of the 18th Pioneer-Battalion (04 Nov 1918-10 Mar 1919)
Transferred to the Volkswehr-Regiment Königsberg (10 Mar 1919-10 Oct 1919)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 1st Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (10 Oct 1919-22 Apr 1920)
Transferred into the 1st Reichswehr-Pioneer-Battalion (22 Apr 1920-01 Apr 1924)
Transferred into the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1924-15 Sep 1924)
At the same time, Detached to Pioneer-School in Munich (01 Apr 1924-15 Sep 1924)
2nd Pioneer-Officer of Fortress Königsberg (15 Sep 1924-01 Nov 1924)
Transferred, without leaving previous Command, to the Command-Office Lötzen (01 Nov 1924-01 Oct 1926)
Detached to the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jul 1926-30 Sep 1926)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 1st Division (01 Oct 1926-01 Oct 1927)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Oct 1927-01 Oct 1928)
Detached to the 2nd Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Jul 1928-31 Jul 1928)
Detached to the 5th Signals-Battalion (01 Aug 1928-25 Sep 1928)
Chief of the Bridging-Company of the 5th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Oct 1928-01 Feb 1929)
Welfare-Officer with the Staff of the 5th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Feb 1929-01 Oct 1932)
Detached to Pioneer-Course in Ingolstadt (16 Sep 1929-28 Sep 1929)
Detached to Tactics-Technical Officer-Course in Motor-Transport-Service (24 Feb 1930-05 Jul 1930)
Transferred to the Command-Office Grafenwöhr and Detached as Instructor at the Pioneer-School Munich (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred to the Pioneer-School, from 01 May 1935: Pioneer-School I (01 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of the 21st Pioneer-Battalion (06 Oct 1936-01 Sep 1937)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the Inspection of Fortresses, RKM, from 04 Feb 1938: OKH (01 Sep 1937-20 Jun 1940)
Commander of the 628th Special-Purpose-Pioneer-Regiment-Staff (20 Jun 1940-20 Jun 1942)
At the same time, Detached as Pioneer-Leader to Army High Command 4 (01 May 1942-03 Jul 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (20 Jun 1942-15 Oct 1942)
Commander of the Fortress-Pioneer-School (15 Oct 1942-20 Jan 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH, Detached to the Infantry-School (20 Jan 1944-12 Feb 1944)
Transferred to the 212th Infantry-Regiment for use as a Regimental-Commander (12 Feb 1944-21 Feb 1944)
Commander of the 316th Grenadier-Regiment (21 Feb 1944-03 Apr 1944)
Wounded, Führer-Reserve OKH (03 Apr 1944-26 Dec 1944)
At the same time, Detached to 16th Division-Leaders-Course in Hirschberg (21 Nov 1944-19 Dec 1944)
Commander of the 203rd Infantry-Division (26 Dec 1944-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (08 May 1945-21 Oct 1949)
Released (21 Oct 1949)

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