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Generalmajor Ing. Wilhelm Junck
Born: 02 Jan 1878 in Eger, Bohemia (B�hmen)
Died: 19 Mar 1953 in St. Ulrich
Entitled to Carry the Title Engineer: 26 May 1919
Promotions:
Leutnant (18 Aug 1899); Oberleutnant (01 Nov 1904); Hauptmann (01 May 1913); Major (01 Jul 1918); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1921); Oberst a.D. (31 May 1926); Milit�r-Oberbaurat (02 Jul 1926); General-Baurat (31 Mar 1927); Generalmajor z.V. (01 Sep 1940)
Career:
Entered Austrian Army Service (18 Aug 1899)
Passed Out the Military Technical Academy as Leutnant in the 25th Division-Artillery-Regiment (13 Mar 1899-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to War-School (01 Sep 1902-31 Aug 1904)
Battery-Commander in the 10th Mountain-Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-10 Jan 1915)
Commander of Field-Cannon-Battalion 6/20 (10 Jan 1915-24 Aug 1915)
Artillery-Officer with the Staff of the 33rd Infantry-Division (24 Aug 1915-01 Jun 1916)
Assigned Officer with the 58th Reserve-Fortress-Artillery-Brigade (01 Jun 1916-14 Dec 1916)
Advisor for Projectile Construction in the k.u.k. War Ministry (14 Dec 1916-01 Nov 1918)
Advisor for Artillery-Shells and Mortars in the Dissolving War Ministry (01 Nov 1918-01 Apr 1920)
At the same time, Detached to Studies at the Technical College Vienna (01 Nov 1918-1921)
Advisor in the Technical Weapon Department of the Federal Ministry for Army Matters (01 Apr 1920-29 Mar 1924)
Transferred to Federal Employment of Army Administration (29 Mar 1924)
Advisor in the Technical Weapon Department of the Federal Ministry for Army Matters (29 Mar 1924-31 May 1928)
Retired (31 May 1928)
Placed to Disposal (German Army) (01 Aug 1938)
Industry Delegate of OKW in Hamburg (24 Oct 1940-02 Mar 1941)
Delegate of the Army Weapons Office for Standardisation of Weapons and Munitions (02 Mar 1941-01 Jul 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Jul 1944-01 Aug 1944)
To Disposal of the Chief of the Army Weapons Office (01 Aug 1944-15 Jan 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1946)
Released (1946)

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