Generalmajor Friedrich Gombart

Date Of Birth : 08/01/1877
Place Of Birth : Lindau
Position Within Bergen-Belsen : Commandant
Died : 06/05/1949
Comments : Landesschüzenbataillon 711
Trial Location : Not Prosecuted/Unknown
   
Brief History

09 Jul 1897 Entered Army Service

09 Jul 1897-18 Sep 1904 Fähnrich in the 1st Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment

01 Mar 1898-25 Jan 1899 Detached to the War School in Munich.

28 Oct 1899 Promoted to Leutnant.

01 Oct 1900-06 Jul 1901 Detached to the Bavarian Artillery and Engineer School.

07 Jul 1901-09 Aug 1901 Detached to Firing Course of Field-Artillery.

12 Jan 1903-07 Feb 1903 Detached to the Gun Factory Amberg.

18 Apr 1904-01 Oct 1905 Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 1st Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment.

01 Oct 1905-01 Oct 1913 Regiments-Adjutant of the 1st Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment.

26 Oct 1907 promoted to Oberleutnant.

01 Oct 1909-31 Jan 1910 Detached to the Prussian Field Artillery Firing School.

17 Jun 1912-03 Jul 1912 Detached to the General-Staff of the I. Bavarian Army-Corps.

12 Mar 1913 promoted to Hauptmann.

01 Oct 1913-22 Oct 1915 Battery-Chief in the 1st Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment.

22 Oct 1915-12 Jul 1916 Balloon-Defence-Cannon-Officer (BAK-Offizier) with the General-Command of the 1st Bavarian Army-Corps.

12 Jul 1916-31 Jan 1917 Staff-Officer of Flak in the General-Staff of the 3rd Army.

31 Jan 1917-02 Feb 1918 Commander of the Flak-Replacement-Regiment.

02 Feb 1918-19 Dec 1918 Commander of Flak of the 18th Army.

19 Dec 1918-02 Jun 1919 Detached as Auxiliary-Advisor to the Ministry for Military Affairs.

02 Jun 1919-09 Apr 1920 Border-Control-Officer in Lindau, Lake Constance.

09 Apr 1920 promoted to Charakter als Major and Retired.

10 Apr 1920-01 Nov 1925 With the German Overseas-Service, Berlin (RWM/Abwehr).

01 Nov 1925-25 Aug 1939 Director of the Abwehr-Office of the RWM, Lindau, Lake Constance.

01 Oct 1933 promoted to Major.

15 May 1934 promoted to Oberstleutnant.

01 Aug 1936 promoted to Oberst.

25 Aug 1939 Placed To Disposal (Army).

25 Aug 1939-19 Aug 1941 Section-Commander Lake Constance.

19 Aug 1941-29 Aug 1941 Führer-Reserve – 358th Infantry-Replacement-Battalion.

29 Aug 1941-07 Nov 1941 Assigned to the Commander of POWs VII.

07 Nov 1941-01 Jul 1942 Commandant of Landesschüzenbataillon 711 in POW-Camp Stalag 311 (XI. C), Bergen-Belsen.

01 Jun 1942 promoted to Generalmajor z.V.

01 Jul 1942-31 Aug 1942 Führer-Reserve.

30 Apr 1943 Retired.

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