Date of birth:

August 5th, 1893 (Sankt Stefan im Gailtal/Carinthia, Austria)

Date of death:

December 27th, 1944 (Sankt Stefan im Gailtal/Carinthia, Austria)

Nationality:

Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Promotions:
September 1st, 1914: Leutnant;
July 1st, 1915: Oberleutnant;
January 1st, 1921: Hauptmann;
January 18th, 1930: Major;
January 18th, 1936: Oberstleutnant;
March 1st, 1940: Oberst;
July 1st, 1943: Generalmajor;
September 1st, 1944: Generalleutnant.

Career:
August 18th, 1914: Batterieoffizier, Gebirgskanonenbatterie 6/3;
November 25th, 1914: Batterieoffizier, Feldkanonenbatterie 1/17;
January 10th, 1915: Kommandant, Ersatzbataillon, Karpaten-Gebirgsartillerie;
February 20th, 1915: Kommandant, Gebirgskanonenbatterie 6/11;
June 29th, 1918: Batteriekommandant, Gebirgsartillerieregiment Nr. 3;
November 1918: Kavallerie-Reserve Kramsach;
December 22nd, 1918: Gebirgsartilleriekommando V, Brixlegg;
May 26th, 1919: Batteriekommandant, Kärnther Abwehrkampf;
March 1st, 1921: Batteriekommandant, 6. Brigade-Artillerie-Bataillon;
1930: Generalstabskursus;
September 1st, 1933: Taktiklehrer, Theresianischen Militärakademie;
March 15th, 1938: Luftwaffe;
April 1st, 1938: Offizier mit besonderen Pflichten, Reichsluftfahrtministerium;
April 1st, 1939: Kommandant, I. Bataillon, Flak-Regiment 49;
August 26th, 1939: Kommandeur, Flak-Regiment 49;
June 20th, 1940: Kommandeur, Flak-Regiment 129;
1941: Kommandeur, Luftkriegsschule 8, Göppingen;
November 10th, 1942: Kommandeur, 15. Flak-Division;
April 15th, 1944 - December 27th, 1944: Führerreserve OKL.

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  - MUHR Eduard - k. u. k. Oblt. (später GenLt.) - Collegium rerum nobilium Austriae