(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Johannes Höfert
Born: 26 Jan 1880 in Magdeburg-Buckau
Died: 13 Feb 1944 in Tegernsee
Promotions:
Fähnrich (20 Sep 1902); Leutnant (19 May 1903); Oberleutnant (23 May 1911); Hauptmann (21 May 1914); Charakter als Major (30 Jul 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (09 Apr 1920); Polizei-Major (01 Feb 1926); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1930); Polizei-Oberst (01 Dec 1932); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1935); Oberst (01 Aug 1937); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army as Fähnrich in the 64th Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Feb 1902-01 Aug 1914)
Leader of the 1st Munitions-Column of the 64th Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-11 Sep 1914)
Temporary-Battery-Leader in the 64th Field-Artillery-Regiment (12 Sep 1914-20 Oct 1914)
Battery-Leader in the 53rd Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (21 Oct 1914-20 May 1916)
Leader of Flight-Defence of the XXVII. Reserve-Corps (21 May 1916-22 Sep 1916)
Staff-Officer Flak in the Staff of Army-Group Erzherzog Karl (23 Sep 1916-31 Jan 1917)
Commander of Flak of the 6th Army (01 Feb 1917-11 May 1917)
Commander of Flak of the 5th Army (12 May 1917-09 Dec 1918)
Detached to Flak-Battalion 17 then 19 (10 Dec 1918-12 Dec 1918)
Commander of Flak-Battalion Plauen (13 Dec 1918-31 Mar 1919)
Commander of the 19th Flak-Battalion (01 Apr 1919-30 Jun 1919)
Adjutant of Higher Reconnaissance Staff 76 (01 Jul 1919-25 Sep 1919)
Adjutant with General-Command XIX (Processing) (26 Sep 1919-31 Dec 1919)
Detached to the Inspector of Auxiliary-Police, Troop-Exercise-Grounds Zeithain (01 Jan 1920-09 Apr 1920)
Transferred to Police Service as Advisor for Schooling and Representative of the Department-Leader with the Auxiliary-Police-Department Plauen (10 Apr 1920-01 Oct 1923)
Officer with Special Duties with the Police-Direction Plauen (02 Oct 1923-31 Jan 1926)
Advisor for Traffic-Affairs and Criminal Actions of the Police-Direction Plauen (01 Feb 1926-31 Mar 1928)
Leader of the Protection-Police Plauen (01 Apr 1928-31 Jul 1930)
Commander of Protection-Police Chemnitz (01 Aug 1930-30 Nov 1932)
Commander of Protection-Police Leipzig (01 Dec 1932-30 Sep 1934)
Retired (30 Sep 1934)
Employee of the Luftwaffe (Supplemental-Officer from 01 Aug 1935 and Fully Activated on 01 Apr 1941) in the RLM (01 Apr 1935-31 Dec 1936)
Detached to Military-Replacement-Inspection Berlin (01 Jan 1937-31 Dec 1937)
Luftwaffe-Advisor with Military-Replacement-Inspection Munich (01 Jan 1938-28 Feb 1940)
Commander of Military-District-Command Munich I (01 Mar 1940-30 Nov 1943)
Retired (30 Nov 1943)

Decorations & Awards:
Königlich sächsischer Militär-St. Heinrich-Orden (17 Mar 1916)


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