Generalleutnant Gaston von Chaulin-Egersberg Born: 20 Nov 1893 in Worms Died: 30 Dec 1974 in Herford Promotions:
F�hnrich (20 Nov 1913); Leutnant (19 Jun 1914); Oberleutnant (18 Oct 1917); Polizei-Oberleutnant (15 Sep 1919); Polizei-Hauptmann (06 Jul 1920); Polizei-Major (12 Dec 1931); Major (01 Jun 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1937); Oberst (01 Feb 1939); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Dec 1943) Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker in the 11th Field-Artillery-Regiment (06 Mar 1913-09 Nov 1913)
Trainer and Platoon-Leader in the 11th Field-Artillery-Regiment (10 Nov 1913-06 Sep 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (07 Sep 1914-09 Nov 1914)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 11th Field-Artillery-Regiment (10 Nov 1914-26 Dec 1914)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 57th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (27 Dec 1914-17 Apr 1915)
Platoon-Leader in the 57th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Apr 1915-14 Oct 1915)
Leader of the 90th Balloon-Defence-Guns-Platoon (15 Oct 1915-04 Feb 1917)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the Commander of Flak of Army-Group Linsingen (05 Feb 1917-28 May 1917)
Adjutant of the Commander of Flak of Army-Group Linsingen (29 May 1917-14 Feb 1918)
Adjutant of the Commander of Flak of Army-High-Command 19 (15 Feb 1918-18 Dec 1918)
Adjutant of the 8th Flak-Battalion (19 Dec 1918-01 Apr 1919)
Adjutant of the 11th Flak-Battalion (02 Apr 1919-30 Apr 1919)
Adjutant of the 29th Flak-Battalion (01 May 1919-14 Sep 1919)
Retired (14 Sep 1919)
Entered Police Service as Motor-Transport-Advisor in the Organisation-Staff of the Security-Police Rhineland-Westphalia in M�nster (15 Sep 1919-14 Feb 1921)
Leader of the Motor-Transport-Unit of the Security-Police in D�sseldorf (15 Feb 1921-00 Feb 1932)
Police-Motor-Transport-Specialist (00 Feb 1932-28 Feb 1933)
Commander of the Alarm-Inspection of the Security-Police in D�sseldorf (01 Mar 1933-31 May 1933)
Commander of the State-Police-Department D�sseldorf (01 Jun 1933-14 Apr 1934)
Commander of the Motor-Transport-School of the State-Police Prussia, Berlin (15 Apr 1934-31 May 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service and Detached to the Flak-Battalion, Lankwitz (01 Jun 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Battery-Chief in the 4th Flak-Regiment, Dortmund (01 Oct 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 24th Flak-Regiment, Menden (01 Oct 1936-14 Nov 1938)
Commander of the 24th Flak-Battalion, Iserlohn (15 Nov 1938-21 Aug 1939)
Commander of Flak-Group D�sseldorf (22 Aug 1939-21 Nov 1941)
Commander of Flak-Brigade XI (22 Nov 1941-31 Jan 1942)
Commander of the 13th Flak-Division (01 Feb 1942-01 Jul 1942)
Inspector of Motor Transport Affairs of the Luftwaffe (02 Jul 1942-30 Jun 1943)
Chief of Motor Transport Affairs of the Luftwaffe (01 Jul 1943-11 Nov 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (11 Nov 1944-24 Nov 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the General of Flak Weapons (25 Nov 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of Air-Fleet-Command Reich (01 Feb 1945-06 Apr 1945)
General of Luftwaffe Troops with Army-Group B (06 Apr 1945-16 Apr 1945)
In US captivity (16 Apr 1945-27 Feb 1947)
Released (27 Feb 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Flakkampfabzeichen
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