Generalmajor Arthur Finger Born: 18 Jan 1898 in Mocker, Thorn Died: KIA near Tschenstochau, by judgement of District-Court Dresden day of death was determined on 18 Jun 1946 and set at 28 Jan 1945 Promotions:
Gefreiter (16 May 1915); Unteroffizier (20 Aug 1915); Vizewachtmeister (03 Sep 1916); Leutnant der Reserve (10 Jun 1917); Polizei-Leutnant (10 Mar 1910); Polizei-Oberleutnant (24 Dec 1923); Polizei-Hauptmann (04 Apr 1928); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1935); Major (01 Mar 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1939); Oberst (01 Feb 1942); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (Reserves) (05 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer in the 81st Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Aug 1914-20 Jan 1915)
Transferred into the 36th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (20 Jan 1915-20 Oct 1918)
With the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 36th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (20 Oct 1918-12 Nov 1918)
Battery-Officer in the 36th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (12 Nov 1918-21 Dec 1918)
Retired (21 Dec 1918)
Reactivated to Army Service (06 Jan 1919)
With the Officers-Assault-Troops Thorn (06 Jan 1919-26 Jun 1919)
Auxiliary-Officer with the Government Thorn, Department Ie (26 Jun 1919-19 Jan 1920)
Director of the Processing-Office of the Government Thorn (19 Jan 1920-10 Mar 1920)
Transferred to Police Service (10 Mar 1920)
With the Security-Police Berlin and Platoon-Leader with the 3rd Police-Unit of the Security-Police-Department Wedding (10 Mar 1920-21 Nov 1921)
Course at the Higher Police School Eiche (19 May 1921-20 Aug 1921)
Ordinance-Officer with the Command of Security-Police-Department Tegel (21 Nov 1921-01 Aug 1922)
Ordinance-Officer and Temporary-Adjutant with the Command of Security-Police-Department Wedding (01 Aug 1922-05 Mar 1923)
Chief of the 5th Police-District, Police-Inspection Linden (05 Mar 1923-06 Jul 1923)
Chief of the 4th Police-District, Police-Inspection Linden (06 Jul 1923-01 Apr 1924)
With the Police-Office Berlin-Centre, 2nd Criminal-District (01 Apr 1924-01 Jun 1924)
With the Police-Office Berlin-Sch�neberg, Medicine and Veterinary Department (01 Jun 1924-24 Jun 1924)
Director of the Radio-Office of the Transport-Unit of the Security-Police in Siegen (24 Jun 1924-22 Aug 1924)
Adjutant of the Police-Inspection Buer, Recklinghausen (22 Aug 1924-10 Nov 1924)
Administrator for Weapons and Equipment with the Command of the Security-Police Recklinghausen (10 Nov 1924-05 Aug 1925)
Course Id (Telecommunications) at the Police-School for Technology and Commerce, Berlin (05 Aug 1925-18 Oct 1925)
Adjutant of the Police-Inspection II, Recklinghausen (18 Oct 1925-11 Jan 1926)
Leader of Telecommunications Affairs Altona, Wandsbek (10 Jan 1926-07 Sep 1933)
At the same time Course Iib (Telecommunications) at the Police-School for Technology and Traffic, Berlin (01 Dec 1926-31 Mar 1927)
At the same time, Course B at the Police-School for Physical Training, Berlin-Spandau (22 Feb 1928-03 Apr 1928)
Administrator for Telecommunications and Chief Of Operations (Ia) of State-Police-Inspection North (07 Sep 1933-10 Jan 1934)
Administrator for Signals Affairs in the Training Office of the Chief of the Prussian State-Police in the Prussian Ministry of the Interior (10 Jan 1934-20 Nov 1934)
Administrator for Signals Affairs in the Training-Office of the Chief of the Prussian State-Police and the Reichs-Staff of State-Police in the Reichs and Prussian Ministry of the Interior (20 Nov 1934-01 Apr 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (01 Apr 1935)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the I. Battalion of Artillery-Regiment Glogau (01 Apr 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Battery-Chief in the 18th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-01 Jun 1937)
Officer with Special Duties of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Detached as Teacher to the Air War School Dresden (01 Jun 1937-29 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 757th Heavy-Artillery-Battalion (28 Sep 1939-15 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 214th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1940-14 Dec 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve, Military-District-Command IV (14 Dec 1942-10 Feb 1943)
Commander of the 306th Artillery-Regiment (10 Feb 1943-10 Jan 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (10 Jan 1944-05 Apr 1944)
Detached to 9th Division-Leaders-Course (03 Feb 1944-01 Mar 1944)
Detached to OKH/PA as F�hrer-Reserve for Divisional-Commanders (05 Apr 1944-12 Apr 1944)
Detached to Army-Group North Ukraine for use as a Temporary-Divisional-Leader (12 Apr 1944-12 Jul 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 291st Infantry-Division (12 Jul 1944-01 Oct 1944)
Commander of the 291st Infantry-Division (01 Oct 1944-27 Jan 1945)
Killed-in-Action (27 Jan 1945)
Awards & Decorations
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (16 Nov 1943)
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