Generalleutnant Wilhelm Hederich Born: 01 Sep 1881 in D�ben, District Bitterfeld Died: 04 Nov 1975 in Kassel Promotions:
Leutnant (22 Mar 1900); Oberleutnant (18 Oct 1909); Hauptmann (18 Dec 1913); Major (15 Jul 1918); Oberstleutnant a.D. (01 Oct 1933); Oberst a.D. (15 May 1934); Oberst (E) (05 Mar 1935); Oberst (01 Apr 1941); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Feb 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1900)
Passed Out the Cadet-Corps as Leutnant in the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (22 Mar 1900-01 Oct 1910)
Adjutant of I. Battalion & Court-Officer in the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Feb 1904-30 Sep 1906)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1910-11 Nov 1914)
Detached Army High Command 4 for Use with the Infantry (11 Nov 1914-17 Nov 1914)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 20th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (17 Nov 1914-08 Dec 1914)
Ordinance-Officer with the General-Command of III. Reserve-Corps (08 Dec 1914-27 Dec 1914)
Detached to the General-Staff of III. Reserve-Corps (27 Dec 1914-03 Nov 1915)
Transferred to a General-Staff Position of III. Reserve-Corps (03 Nov 1915-27 Jan 1916)
While retaining previous position, transferred into the Army General Staff (27 Jan 1916-08 Sep 1916)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 14th Landwehr-Division (08 Sep 1916-06 Dec 1917)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 31st Infantry-Division (06 Dec 1917-12 Jan 1919)
Detached to General-Staff-Courses in Sedan (20 May 1917-31 May 1917)
Detached to Course with the Exercise-Division Valenciennes (15 Feb 1918-20 Feb 1918)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the German Protection-Division (12 Jan 1919-01 May 1919)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 25th Reichswehr-Brigade (01 May 1919-15 May 1919)
Transferred back into the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment and Assigned to Reichswehr-Group-Command 1 for Special Use (15 May 1919-07 Jun 1919)
Transferred to the Army General Staff and Assigned with Dissolution-Staff 12 (07 Jun 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Assigned with the Processing-Office of the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-29 Feb 1920)
Retired (29 Feb 1920)
Advisor Ia in the Military Central-Staff of Organisation Escherich (Orgesch) (01 Jun 1920-31 May 1925)
Employed by the Army (Landwehr) (01 Jun 1925)
Advisor in the RWM/Border-Protection-Special-Staff (01 Jun 1925-01 Feb 1929)
Advisor in the RWM/Department Foreign Armies (Fremde Heere) (01 Feb 1929-01 Oct 1933)
Entered Army Service as Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Apr 1941)
Advisor in the Foreign-Group of the Ministry-Office, RWM (01 Oct 1933-01 Jan 1934)
Transferred into the Army Weapons Office (01 Jan 1934-30 Sep 1941)
Field-Commandant 602, Laon (30 Sep 1941-01 May 1942)
Chief of Military-Administration-Office C, France (01 May 1942-11 Jan 1943)
Commander North-East France, Dijon (11 Jan 1943-20 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (20 Sep 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Retired (31 Jan 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (25 May 1945-22 Apr 1950)
Released (22 Apr 1950)
Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (02 Jun 1944)
Ritterkreuz des k�niglichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern (27 Aug 1917)
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