Generalstabsrichter Walther Biron Born: 16 Sep 1890 in Graudenz, West Prussia (Westpreu�en) Died: 24 Feb 1946 in Neu-Ulm Promotions:
Gerichts-Referendar (25 Nov 1912); Gefreiter der Reserve (18 Apr 1915); Unteroffizier der Reserve (27 Oct 1915); Vizewachtmeister der Reserve (06 May 1916); Leutnant der Reserve (16 Oct 1916); Gerichts-Assessor (21 Oct 1920); Landgerichtsrat (01 Apr 1921); Oberlandesgerichtsrat (16 Dec 1932); Oberkriegsgerichtsrat (01 Apr 1936); Reichskriegsgerichtsrat (01 Oct 1936); Senatspr�sident (01 Oct 1942); Generalstabsrichter (01 May 1944) Career:
Law-Studies at the University of K�nigsberg, Berlin and Halle/Saale (1909-1912)
1st Legal State-Testing (11 Nov 1912)
Entered Prussian State-Service as a Junior Lawyer with the Local then District Court Graudenz (28 Nov 1912-05 Aug 1914)
Entered the Army Reserves as a War Volunteer with the 71st Field-Artillery-Regiment (06 Aug 1914-00 May 1915)
Law-District-NCO and Gun-Leader in the 209th Field-Artillery-Regiment (00 May 1915-00 Oct 1916)
Platoon-Leader and Observation-Officer in the 209th Field-Artillery-Regiment (00 Oct 1916-04 Jul 1917)
Observation-Officer with the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 209th Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Jul 1917-06 Feb 1918)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 209th Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Feb 1918-20 Dec 1918)
Discharged from Army Service (20 Dec 1918)
Junior Lawyer at the Upper-District-Court Marienwerder (20 Dec 1918-30 Apr 1920)
2nd Legal State-Testing (15 Oct 1920)
Assessor at the District-Court Schneidem�hl (30 Nov 1920-31 Mar 1921)
District-Court-Advisor at the District-Court Schneidem�hl (01 Apr 1921-31 Dec 1932)
At the same time, Local-Court-Advisor with Local-Court Schneidem�hl (1925-31 Dec 1932)
Upper-District-Court-Advisor with the Upper-District-Court Marienwerder (01 Jan 1933-17 Feb 1936)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Magistrate Military-Justice-Servant on Probation with Air-District-Command II, Berlin (18 Feb 1936-11 Mar 1936)
Detached to the Wehrmacht-Law-Department in the RKM (12 Mar 1936-26 Jul 1936)
Upper-War-Court-Advisor at the Court of Air-District-Command II, Berlin (01 Apr 1936-30 Sep 1936)
Reichs-War-Court-Advisor at the Reichs-War-Court (01 Oct 1936-30 Sep 1942)
Senate-President at the Reichs-War-Court (01 Oct 1942-00 May 1945)
In US Captivity (00 May 1945-24 Feb 1946)
Died in Captivity (24 Feb 1946)
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