(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins & Titus de Boer)
Generalleutnant Johann de Boer
Born: 05 Sep 1897 in Altona
Died: 14 Mar 1986 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Gefreiter (00 Jul 1915); Unteroffizier (08 Feb 1917); Vizewachtmeister (16 May 1917); Leutnant der Reserve (22 Oct 1917); Polizei-Leutnant (01 Jul 1920); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Nov 1923); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 May 1931); Hauptmann (15 Oct 1935); Major (01 Mar 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1939); Oberst (17 Dec 1941); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (Reserves) (15 Sep 1914); Active Officer (14 Jan 1919
War Volunteer in the 45th Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Sep 1914-02 Aug 1917)
Unteroffizier in the 223rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1917-14 Jan 1919)
Transferred to Border-Protection East, Brigade Grodno (14 Jan 1919-20 Feb 1919)
Transferred into the 12th Volunteer-Artillery-Regiment (20 Feb 1919-01 Nov 1919)
Transferred into the 7th Reichswehr-Light-Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1919-20 Dec 1919)
Transferred to Military-District-Command VI (20 Dec 1919-30 Jun 1920)
Retired from Army Service (30 Jun 1920)
Entered Police Service (01 Jul 1920)
With Police-Department Mühlheim (01 Jul 1920-16 Feb 1921)
Transferred to the Police-Administration Hamburg (16 Feb 1921-01 Apr 1933)
Transferred to the Staff of the Police-Chief in Hamburg (01 Apr 1933-01 Jun 1934)
Transferred to the 11th Unit of the Hamburg Police (01 Jun 1934-13 Jul 1934)
Transferred to the 9th (13th)Unit of the Hamburg Police (13 Jul 1934-15 Nov 1934)
MG-Officer with the State-Police-Inspection in Hamburg (15 Nov 1934-07 Jan 1935)
Transferred to the Staff of the State-Police-Inspection in Hamburg (07 Jan 1935-30 Mar 1935)
Transferred to the 10th Unit in Bremen (30 Mar 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred into Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 56th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Battery-Chief in the 56th Artillery-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 58th Artillery-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-~30 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 22nd Artillery-Regiment (30 Sep 1939-25 Apr 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (25 Apr 1943-05 Aug 1943)
At the same time, Detached to Division Leaders Course (03 May 1943-05 Aug 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 26th Infantry-Division (05 Aug 1943-01 Oct 1943)
Commander of the 26th Infantry-Division (01 Oct 1943-10 Nov 1944)
Commander of the 280th Infantry-Division (10 Nov 1944-08 May 1945)
In captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz: am 14.06.1940 als Oberstleutnant und Komm. Artillerie-Regiment 22
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: 22.01.1942 als Oberst und Komm. Artillerie-Regiment 22
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse
- 1939 EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”
- Krimschild


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