(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Rudolf Petrauschke
Born: 29 Jun 1896 in Trachenberg, District Militsch, Silesia (Schlesien)
Died: 12 Oct 1965 in Wunstorf
Promotions:
Unteroffizier (31 Oct 1915); Vizefeldwebel (19 Jan 1916); Leutnant der Reserve (27 Jan 1916); Polizei-Leutnant (19 Sep 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (22 Dec 1921); Polizei-Hauptmann (18 Dec 1926); Polizei-Major (01 Aug 1935); Major (01 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Nov 1940); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army Reserves as a War Volunteer and Reserve-Officer-Aspirant in the 50th Infantry-Regiment (15 Aug 1914-22 Feb 1916)
Reserve-Officer-Aspirant-Course in Warthelager (15 Nov 1915-01 Feb 1916)
Detached to Cadre-Depot of the V. Reserve-Corps, Brieg (23 Feb 1916-13 Mar 1916)
Company-Officer in the 6th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (14 Mar 1916-25 Sep 1917)
Temporary-Company-Leader in the 6th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (26 Sep 1917-29 Oct 1917)
Company-Leader in the 6th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (30 Oct 1917-24 Oct 1918)
Wounded, in Hospital (25 Oct 1918-23 Apr 1919)
Company-Leader in the Upper Silesian State-Jäger-Corps (24 Apr 1919-14 May 1919)
Company-Leader in the 64th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (15 May 1919-14 Aug 1919)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 64th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (15 Aug 1919-14 Sep 1919)
Granted Leave (15 Sep 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Retired (30 Sep 1919)
Entered Police Service as Platoon-Leader with the Security-Police in Hindenburg, Upper Silesia (19 Sep 1919-00 Jan 1923)
Platoon-Leader with the Protection-Police Beuthen, Upper Silesia (00 Jan 1923-18 May 1924)
Leader of the Border-Police-District Beuthen, Upper Silesia (19 May 1924-05 Oct 1924)
Administrator with the Command of Protection-Police Gleiwitz (06 Oct 1924-31 Aug 1925)
Temporary-Leader of the 1st Police-District in Gleiwitz (01 Sep 1925-27 May 1926)
Leader of the 5th Police-District in Miechowitz (28 May 1926-24 Jul 1933)
Alarm-Unit-Leader with the 6th Police-Area, Beithen, Upper Silesia (25 Jul 1933-31 Jul 1935)
Commander of the State-Police-Department Beuthen, Upper Silesia (01 Aug 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service at Observer-Training with the Flying-Group (S) Faßberg (01 Oct 1935-30 Mar 1936)
Company-Chief with the 13th Flying-Replacement-Battalion and Pilot in Flying-Group Erding (21 Mar 1936-31 Mar 1939)
Commander of the 82nd Flying-Regiment and Air-Base-Commandant Quakenbrück (01 Apr 1939-31 Mar 1942)
Commander of the 82nd Flying-Regiment and Air-Base-Commandant Deblin-Irina (Poland) (01 Apr 1942-15 Oct 1942)
Commander of Luftwaffe-Security-Section Olsufjewo in the Area of Air-Fleet 6 (16 Oct 1942-30 Jun 1943)
Commander of Instruction-Staff of Officer-Training at the Ground-Combat-School of the Luftwaffe (01 Jul 1943-31 Oct 1943)
Commander of the 1st Luftwaffe-Field-Division (01 Nov 1943-10 Feb 1944)
In Hospital (11 Feb 1944-14 Jun 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKL (15 Jun 1944-14 Feb 1945)
Commander of Air-Region-Special-Staff Nettelback with Air-Region-Command III (15 Feb 1945-22 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (22 Apr 1945-22 May 1947)
Released (22 May 1947)

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