Wagner, Gustav (Generalmajor)
- Date of birth:
- September 23rd, 1890 (Bischofsburg/East Prussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 14th, 1951 (Goslar/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Generalmajor Gustav Adolf Heinrich Wagner
Promotions:
01.10.1909: Freiwilliger
17.09.1910: Gefreiter
01.10.1913: Oberjäger
19.12.1914: Vizefeldwebel
09.09.1919: Leutnant
01.05.1924: Oberleutnant (10)
01.02.1929: Hauptmann (24)
01.10.1934: Major (11)
01.04.1937: Oberstleutnant (20)
01.04.1940: Oberst (18)
01.10.1943: Generalmajor (18)
Promotions:
01.10.1909: entered Jäger-Bataillon "Graf Yorck von Wartenburg" (Ostpr.) Nr. 1,rtelsburg/Ostpr. (today: Szczytno/Polen)
01.10.1913: Radfahr-Kompanie - Jäger-Bataillons "Graf Yorck von Wartenburg" (Ostpr.) Nr. 1
23.08.1914: WIA Lana und Orlau during the battle of Tannenberg
01.01.1919: in the "Eisernen Division"
09.09.1919: Bataillons-Adjutant - "Eisernen Division"
01.10.1919: Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment "GFM von Hindenburg" Nr. 39 - Reichswehr-Brigade 20 - Allenstein
01.10.1920: 2. (Preußischen) Infanterie-Regiment, Allenstein/Ostpr.
01.10.1927: Chef der 12. Kompanie - 2. (Preußischen) Infanterie-Regiment Lötzen/Ostpr. (today: Gizycho/Polen)
01.05.1929: Chef der 12. (MG) / Infanterieregiment 2 - Lötzen
01.10.1934: Kommandeur - Ausbildungsbataillon - Infanterieregiment 23 - Bartenstein
15.10.1935: Kommandeur - III. / Infanterieregiment 44 - Bartenstein
06.01.1940: Kommandeur - Infanterieregiment 44
00.00.1942: WIA
15.10.1943: Führerreserve OKH (I), erkrankt, Reserve-Lazarett Goslar
31.10.1942: Führerreserve OKH (I)
31.12.1942-01.10.1943: Kommandeur der Division z.b.V. 540
15.10.1943: Führerreserve OKH (I)
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 10th, 1914
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 15th, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- September 17th, 1918
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 10th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 28th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 44, 11. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- December 14th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 15th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
Sources
- Photo: Gustav Wagner (Wehrmacht) - Wikipedia
- - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Buxa, W., Weg und Schicksal der 11. Infanterie-Division, Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2004
- ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de
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