(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor der Marinepioniere Felix Vara
Born: 09 Jan 1881 in Munich (München)
Died: 03 Nov 1941 in the Channel-Area by Alderney (KIA)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (08 Feb 1901); Leutnant (09 Mar 1902); Oberleutnant (12 Aug 1908); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1913); Major (05 Mar 1923); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1928); Oberst (L) (01 Jan 1934); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1939)
Career:
Entered the Royal Bavarian Army with the 3rd Pioneer-Battalion (16 Jul 1900-22 Sep 1903)
Transferred to the Railway-Battalion (23 Sep 1903-01 May 1909)
Battalion-Adjutant of the Railway-Battalion (01 May 1909-06 Mar 1912)
Adjutant of the Inspection of the Engineer-Corps and of Fortresses (07 Mar 1912-01 Aug 1914)
Company-Leader of the Bavarian Railway-Construction-Company (02 Aug 1914-05 Feb 1915)
In the Staff of the Chief of Field-Railway-Affairs (06 Feb 1915-15 Jul 1916)
Liaison-Officer of the Chief of Field-Railway-Affairs to the Staff of the 2nd Army (16 Jul 1916-10 May 1917)
Regiments-Commander, Railway-Troop West (11 May 1917-04 Aug 1917)
In the Staff of the Chief of Field-Railway-Affairs (05 Aug 1917-26 Aug 1918)
At the same time, Bavarian Staff Officer in the Staff of the Chief of Field-Railway-Affairs (17 Aug 1917-26 Sep 1918)
Detached to the 4th Army (27 Sep 1918-13 Oct 1918)
Commander of Railway-Troops of the 4th Army (14 Oct 1918-29 Jan 1919)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (21 Feb 1919-14 Apr 1919)
Chairman of the Surrender-Commission of the Transportation of the Polish Haller-Army in Lisse and Fraustadt, Border-Protection East (15 Apr 1919-17 Sep 1919)
Detached to the Field-Equipent-Mastery (20 Sep 1919-30 Sep 1919)
In the RWM (01 Oct 1919-30 Sep 1922)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the 7th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Oct 1922-31 Mar 1924)
Detached to the Infantry-School (01 Apr 1924-30 Sep 1924)
Placed to the Disposal of the 7th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Oct 1924-28 Feb 1925)
Detached to the Infantry-School (01 Mar 1925-14 Oct 1925)
Placed to the Disposal of the 7th Pioneer-Battalion (15 Oct 1925-28 Feb 1926)
In the Staff of the 7th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Mar 1926-30 Sep 1926)
Major with the Staff of the 7th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Oct 1926-31 Jan 1927)
Commander of the 7th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Feb 1927-31 Jan 1929)
Transferred into the Navy as Pioneer-Advisor with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Feb 1929-16 Jul 1930)
Pioneer-Officer with the Commander Stettin (17 Jul 1930-31 Mar 1932)
Reactivated to Naval Service as a Territorial-Officer (Supplemental-Officer from 05 Mar 1935 the Active-Officer from 01 Oct 1939) and Advisor for Fortress-Construction-Matters in the Naval-Weapons-Department then Naval-Weapons-Office, Naval Command, from 11 Jan 1936 OKM (01 Jan 1934-06 Nov 1939)
Chief of the Office-Group for Fortress-Construction then of the Office-Group for Pioneers and Fortresses, Naval-Weapons-Head-Office, OKM (07 Nov 1939-03 Nov 1941)
At the same time, Inspector of Naval-Pioneers (07 Nov 1939-03 Nov 1941)
Killed-in-Action (03 Nov 1941)

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