(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Otto Freiherr von Berchem
Born: 21 Jan 1877 in Landshut
Died: 29 May 1949 in Haggn, Niederbayern
Promotions:
Fähnrich (06 Jul 1895); Sekondeleutnant (03 Mar 1897); Oberleutnant (26 Mar 1907); Hauptmann (26 Oct 1911); Major (17 Aug 1916); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1920); Charakter als Oberst (31 Jan 1925); Oberst (1938); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1944)
Career:
Accepted into the Army and Company-Officer in the Bavarian Leib-Infantry-Regiment (06 Jul 1895-23 Sep 1909)
Detached to the Bavarian War-Academy (01 Oct 1905-30 Sep 1908)
Adjutant of the IV. Army-Inspection (24 Sep 1909-18 Sep 1912)
With the Central-Office of the Bavarian General-Staff (19 Sep 1912-06 Jan 1913)
In the General-Staff of the I. Bavarian Army-Corps (06 Jan 1913-21 May 1915)
1st General-Staff-Officer of the 6th Bavarian Territorial-Division (22 May 1915-21 Dec 1916)
1st General-Staff-Officer of the 39th Reserve-Division (22 Dec 1916-26 Aug 1917)
Officer with Special Duties in the General-Staff of the Commander-in-Chief East (27 Aug 1917-11 Sep 1917)
Officer with Special Duties in the High-Command of the Royal and Imperial Austro-Hungarian Army-Front ‘Erzherzog Joseph’ (12 Sep 1917-01 Jan 1918)
Liaison-Officer of the Supreme Army-Command in the High Command of the Royal and Imperial Austro-Hungarian Army-Front ‘Erzherzog Joseph’ (02 Jan 1918-17 Apr 1918)
1st General-Staff-Officer in the General-Command of the Bavarian Special-Purpose-General-Command 63 (18 Apr 1918-19 Jul 1918)
Officer with Special Duties with the Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army (20 Jul 1918-26 Oct 1918)
1st General-Staff-Officer of the I. Bavarian Army-Corps (27 Oct 1918-22 Apr 1919)
General-Staff-Officer in Group-Command IV (23 Apr 1919-15 May 1920)
Chief of the General-Staff of Military-District-Command VII, 7th Division (16 May 1920-30 Nov 1923)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1923-31 Jan 1925)
Retired from Army-Service (31 Jan 1925)
General-Secretary of the Bavarian Red Cross (01 Feb 1925-1935)
Accepted into the Luftwaffe and in the RLM, later, the Air-District-Command V, Munich (1938-31 Jan 1939)
Administrator Ic in the General-Staff of Air-Fleet-Command 3 (01 Feb 1939-30 Apr 1944)
Retired (30 Apr 1944)

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