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Generalleutnant Bruno Ortner

Born: 07.10.1889 in Admont / Steiermark / �sterreich.
Died:

Promotions:
18.08.1908 k.u.k. F�hnrich
01.11.1909 k.u.k. Leutnant
k.u.k. Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Major
01.01.1936 Oberstleutnant (�sterr. Bundesheer)
01.02.1939 Oberst (Reichsheer)
01.04.1941 Generalmajor
01.10.1942 Generalleutnant

Career:
18.08.1908 Entered service as a F�hnrich.
01.11.1909 Commissioned as a Leutnant in k.u.k. Sch�tzen-Regiment Nr. 16.


13.03.1938 Transferred from the �sterreichische Bundesheer to the German Reichsheer.
01.04.1938 - 01.09.1939 (?) Assigned to Regiments-Stab / Infanterie-Regiment 50.
01.09.1939 - 17.09.1939 (?) Ia of 239.Infanterie-Division.
17.09.1939 - 29.09.1941 (?) Kommandeur of Infanterie-Regiment 272.
29.09.1941 - 10.02.1944 (?) Kommandeur of 69.Infanterie-Division.
10.02.1944 - 01.05.1944 (?) Kommandeur of 91.Infanterie-Division.
01.05.1944 - 25.06.1944 Kommandeur of 44.Infanterie-Division.
27.07.1944 - 25.04.1945 Kommandeur of 281.Infanterie-Division.

Awards & Decorations:
20.01.1945 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold


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