Generalmajor Alfred Hyden Born: 17 Jul 1894 in Eisenstadt, Komitat �denburg Died: 04 Apr 1991 in Vienna (Wien) Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Aug 1912); Leutnant (01 May 1914); Oberleutnant (01 Jul 1915); Hauptmann (01 Jan 1921); Major (18 Jan 1930); Oberstleutnant (20 Apr 1939); Oberst (01 Feb 1941); Generalmajor (30 Jan 1945) Career:
Entered Austrian Army Service (18 Aug 1912)
Passed Out the Military-Cadet-School as F�hnrich in the 76th Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1912-01 May 1914)
Platoon-Commander in the 76th Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Company-Commander in the 76th Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-01 Apr 1915)
Commander of the One-Year-Volunteer-Detachment with the Replacement-Battalion of the 76th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1915-01 Sep 1917)
Adjutant of the 145th Infantry-Brigade (01 Sep 1917-20 Jan 1920)
Adjutant then Company-Commander in the Volkswehr-Battalion Wiesenburg & Melk (20 Jan 1920-06 Sep 1920)
Transferred into II. Battalion of the 6th Infantry-Regiment (06 Sep 1920-01 Apr 1922)
Transferred to the Staff of the 1st Alpenj�ger-Regiment (01 Apr 1922-01 Aug 1928)
Company-Commander in the 1st Alpenj�ger-Regiment (01 Aug 1928-25 Jun 1938)
Transferred into the German Army (15 Mar 1938) (15 Mar 1938)
Staff-Officer with Special Duties with the Staff of the 13th Infantry-Regiment (25 Jun 1938-01 Aug 1938)
Transferred to the Staff of II. Battalion of the 131st Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1938-10 Nov 1938)
Transferred to the Staff of the 29th Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-00 May 1939)
Commander of the Supplemental-Battalion of the 9th Infantry-Regiment (00 May 1939-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 418th Infantry-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-15 Nov 1940)
Commander of the 680th Infantry-Regiment (15 Nov 1940-30 Nov 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (30 Nov 1942-15 Feb 1943)
Detached to Army High Command 7 (15 Feb 1943-01 Jun 1943)
Commander of the 370th Grenadier Replacement & Training Regiment (01 Jun 1943-16 Jan 1945)
Commander of Infantry-Regiment Gneisenau (16 Jan 1945-02 Feb 1945)
Battle-Commandant of Oderberg, Upper Silesia (02 Feb 1945-10 Feb 1945)
Detached to Army-Group B (10 Feb 1945-27 Feb 1945)
Commander of the Weapons-School of Army-Group E (27 Feb 1945-09 May 1945)
In Captivity (09 May 1945-24 May 1946)
Released (24 May 1946)
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