(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Julius Drechsler
Born: 08 Jun 1883 in Nuremberg (Nürnberg)
Died: 27 Oct 1972 in Munich (München)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (06 Jul 1903); Leutnant (05 Mar 1905); Oberleutnant (28 Dec 1912); Hauptmann (14 Jan 1916); Polizei-Hauptmann (16 Oct 1919); Polizei-Major (01 Nov 1923); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Nov 1941); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army as Company-Officer in the 11th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (06 Jul 1903-24 Feb 1905)
Detached to War-School in Munich (01 Mar 1904-26 Jan 1905)
Company-Officer in the 2nd Bavarian Pioneer-Battalion (26 Feb 1905-30 Sep 1906)
Detached to the Bavarian Artillery And Engineer School (01 Oct 1906-30 Jun 1908)
Detached to the 2nd Bavarian Ulanen-Regiment (01 Jul 1908-30 Sep 1909)
Detached to Course for Oberleutnant and Leutnant of Infantry, Pioneer and Railway Troops at the Military Firing School (01 Oct 1909-02 Nov 1909)
Detached to Riding Course with the 2nd Bavarian Train-Battalion (03 Nov 1909-12 Jun 1910)
Leader of the Pioneer-Courses with the 2nd Bavarian Ulanen-Regiment (13 Jun 1910-24 Jun 1910)
Company-Officer with the Bavarian Railway-Battalion (25 Jun 1910-20 Sep 1910)
Leader of a Motor-Vehicle-Half-Column (21 Sep 1910-30 Sep 1910)
With the Bavarian Airship And Motor Vehicle Battalion (01 Oct 1910-19 Nov 1912)
Column-Leader with the Bavarian Airship And Motor Vehicle Battalion (20 Nov 1912-20 Apr 1913)
Detached to the Gun Factory in Amberg (21 Apr 1913-03 Jul 1913)
Column-Leader with the Prussian Transport-Troop in Thuringia (04 Jul 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Leader of the Motor-Transport-Column of the 1st Bavarian Cavalry-Division (02 Aug 1914-16 Feb 1915)
Leader of the Motor-Transport-Column of the Bavarian South Army (17 Feb 1915-13 Jan 1916)
Leader of the Staging-Motor-Vehicle-Park of the German Alpine Corps (14 Jan 1916-16 Jan 1916)
Leader of the Staging-Motor-Vehicle-Park Trenova, Macedonia and Deputy-Commander of Motor-Transport-Troops of the 11th Army (17 Jan 1916-31 Jan 1917)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the Deputy Field-Motor-Vehicle-Commander South East (01 Feb 1917-17 Feb 1918)
Leader of the 4th Company with the Pioneers of 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Division (18 Feb 1918-12 Apr 1918)
Badly Wounded, In Hospital (12 Apr 1918-25 Nov 1918)
Detached to the Award Testing Office in the Bavarian Ministry For Military Affairs (26 Nov 1918-01 Feb 1919)
Sick Leave And Placed To The Order Of The Army (02 Feb 1919-15 Oct 1919)
Granted Leave (16 Oct 1919-21 Jan 1920)
Retired (31 Jan 1920)
Entered the Police as Chief of the Police-Motor-Vehicle-Workshop, Munich (16 Oct 1919-31 May 1931)
Training-Advisor with Section-Command III of the Protection-Police-Command Nuremberg-Fürth (01 Jun 1931-31 May 1933)
Retired (31 May 1933)
Entered the Luftwaffe as Supplemental-Officer (fully activated on 01 Nov 1941) and Commander of Military-District-Command Munich II (01 Jul 1938-31 Oct 1941)
Commander of Luftwaffe-Construction-Regiment 4/VII (01 Nov 1941-06 Oct 1942)
Staff-Officer of Luftwaffe-Construction-Troops with the Staff of Luftwaffe-Region-Command Moscow (07 Oct 1942-01 Jul 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of Flying-Replacement-Battalion IV (02 Jul 1943-23 Aug 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of Air-Region-Command VII, Munich (24 Aug 1943-31 Dec 1943)
Retired (31 Dec 1943)

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