(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Hans Rauch
Born: 01 Mar 1899 in Rothwasser, District Görlitz
Died: 22 Aug 1958 in Traben-Trarbach
Promotions:
Obermatrose (28 Mar 1917); Bootsmaat (02 Jul 1917); Fähnrich zur See (17 Sep 1917); Oberfähnrich zur See (03 Apr 1918); Leutnant zur See der Reserve (28 Sep 1919); Leutnant zur See (10 Jan 1920); Oberleutnant zur See (01 May 1922); Kapitänleutnant (01 Jan 1930); Charakter als Korvettenkapitän (30 Nov 1934); Charakter als Fliegerkommandant (26 Jan 1935); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1935); Charakter als Major (01 Jan 1936); Major (08 Jan 1937); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1939); Oberst (01 Jan 1942); Generalmajor (30 Jan 1945)
Career:
Entered the Navy and Attended Training at the Naval-School Mürwik and Seekadett on Board the School-Ship ‘Freya’ (03 Oct 1916-28 Mar 1917)
Seekadett on Board the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (29 Mar 1917-14 Aug 1917)
Sea-Officer-Head-Testing at the Naval-School Mürwik (15 Aug 1917-03 Jan 1918)
Artillery-Course on Board ‘Kaiserin Augusta’ (04 Jan 1918-09 Mar 1918)
Torpedo-Training-Course with the Torpedo-Boat-School-Half-Flotilla (10 Mar 1918-18 May 1918)
On Board the Liner ‘Hannover’ (19 May 1918-30 Nov 1918)
Granted Leave (01 Dec 1918-31 Dec 1918)
Discharged to Reserve (31 Dec 1918-10 Jan 1920)
Volunteer with the I. Naval-Brigade von Rhoden (06 Feb 1919-05 Apr 1919)
Volunteer in the 4th Foot-Guards-Regiment then with the Brigade Reinhardt, later Platoon-Leader in the 15th Reichswehr-Brigade then in the 29th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (06 Apr 1919-25 Sep 1919)
Platoon-Leader with the III. Naval-Brigade von Loewenfeld (10 Oct 1919-30 Jun 1920)
Active-Officer (10 Jan 1920)
Platoon-Leader with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion V, Pillau (01 Jul 1920-30 Oct 1920)
Platoon-Leader with the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (31 Oct 1920-30 Jun 1921)
Detached to the 7th Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (01 Jul 1921-31 Aug 1921)
Watch-Officer with the 11th Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (Minesweepers ‘M 108’ and ‘M 115’) (01 Sep 1921-30 Sep 1922)
Company-Officer with the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (01 Oct 1922-12 Dec 1922)
Company-Officer with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion II (13 Dec 1922-30 Sep 1924)
Watch-Officer with the 3rd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (Torpedo-Boat ‘V 3’) (01 Oct 1924-30 Sep 1925)
Watch-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Amazone’ (01 Oct 1925-30 Sep 1928)
Adjutant of the Coastal-Artillery-School (01 Oct 1928-28 Sep 1931)
At the same time, Company-Leader at the Coastal-Artillery-School (01 Oct 1928-31 Mar 1929)
Commandant of the Artillery-School-Boat ‘Fuchs’ (29 Sep 1931-25 Sep 1933)
Watch and Flak Officer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (26 Sep 1933-31 Oct 1934)
Advisor with the Inspection of Flak Artillery, RLM (01 Nov 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as a Supplemental-Officer (01 Dec 1934)
Active-Officer and Battery-Chief with the Flak-Battalion Dresden (01 Oct 1935-16 Mar 1936)
Battery-Chief in the I. Battalion of the 10th Flak-Regiment, Dresden (17 Mar 1936-31 Dec 1936)
Battery-Chief in the I. Battalion of the 19th Flak-Regiment, Cologne (01 Jan 1937-31 Oct 1937)
Battery-Chief in the 14th Flak-Regiment (01 Nov 1937-30 Jun 1938)
Advisor with Air-Region-Command XI, Hannover (01 Jul 1938-30 Apr 1939)
Battery-Chief in the 26th Flak-Regiment (01 May 1939-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 263rd Reserve-Flak-Battalion (26 Aug 1939-25 Sep 1939)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 26th Flak-Regiment (26 Sep 1939-00 Apr 1941)
At the same time, Delegated with the Leadership of the II. Battalion of the 4th Flak-Regiment (00 Jan 1941-00 Mar 1941)
Commander of the 31st Flak-Regiment (00 Apr 1941-00 May 1942)
Taken ill – Führer-Reserve (00 May 1942-00 Oct 1942)
Commander of the 41st Motorised-Flak-Regiment (00 Oct 1942-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (08 May 1945-07 Aug 1948)
Released (07 Aug 1948)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (1527): am 06.12.1944 als Oberst und Kommandeur Flak-Regiment 41
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 15.04.1944 als Oberst und Kommandeur Flak-Regiment 41
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- Spange zum EK II
- 1939 EK I
- Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”
- Flakkampfabzeichen
- Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe
- Ärmelband “Kurland”


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