Date of birth:

August 17th, 1896 (Großbockenheim/ Upper Palatinate, Germany)

Date of death:

March 28th, 1953 (POW Camp Abets, Ural, Russia)

Nationality:

German

Arthur Kullmer died in Soviet imprisonment.

Promotions:
Unteroffizier (17 Jan 1916);
Fähnrich (27 Mar 1916);
Leutnant (10 Jul 1916);
Oberleutnant (31 Jul 1925);
Hauptmann (01 Feb 1931);
Major (01 Jan 1936);
Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1939);
Oberst (01 Oct 1941);
Generalmajor (01 Jan 1943);
Generalleutnant (01 Sep 1943);
General der Infanterie (20 Apr 1945)

Career:
Entered Army Service (17 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer in the 118th Infantry-Regiment (17 Aug 1914-08 Oct 1914)
In the Field with the 118th Infantry-Regiment (08 Oct 1914-26 Nov 1914)
Taken ill, in Hospital (26 Nov 1914-28 Feb 1915)
In the Field with the 118th Infantry-Regiment (28 Feb 1915-03 Oct 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (03 Oct 1915-23 Nov 1915)
Transferred to I. Replacement-Battalion of the 7th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (23 Nov 1915-18 Feb 1916)
Detached to Fahnenjunker & Officer Aspirant Course in Grafenwöhr (04 Dec 1915-20 Apr 1916)
Fahnenjunker in the 7th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (18 Feb 1916-04 May 1916)
Platoon-Leader in the 7th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (04 May 1916-16 Sep 1916)
Wounded, in Hospital (16 Sep 1916-20 Oct 1916)
Transferred into the Replacement-Battalion of the 7th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (20 Oct 1916-21 Mar 1917)
Transferred to the 3rd Replacement-Company of the III. Bavarian Army-Corps (21 Mar 1917-30 Oct 1917)
Detached to MG-Instruction-Course in Hammelburg (02 Mar 1917-24 May 1917)
Detached to Pioneer-Course in Ingolstadt (18 Jun 1917-21 Jun 1917)
Detached to 10th Weapons-Course at Hammelburg (00 Jul 1917-00 Aug 1917)
Transferred to the 3rd Bavarian MG-Rifle-Battalion (30 Oct 1917-13 Nov 1917)
Transferred to the Assault-Company of MG-Rifle-Command West (13 Nov 1917-01 Mar 1918)
Transferred to the 5th Bavarian MG-Rifle-Detachment (01 Mar 1918-01 Jan 1919)
Transferred to the Replacement-Company of III. Bavarian Army-Corps (01 Jan 1919-09 Jan 1919)
Transferred to the 7th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (09 Jan 1919-24 Jan 1919)
Adjutant of the Replacement-Battalion of the 7th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (24 Jan 1919-25 Jan 1919)
Temporary Company-Leader in the 7th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (25 Jan 1919-10 Apr 1919)
Transferred to Demobilisation-Command II/7 (10 Apr 1919-19 Apr 1919)
Adjutant of Demobilisation-Command II/7 (19 Apr 1919-07 May 1919)
Adjutant of Volkswehr-Battalion 1 of III. Bavarian Army-Corps (07 May 1919-08 Jun 1919)
Instructor at the Unteroffizier-School Fürstenfeldbruck (08 Jun 1919-17 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 47th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (17 Oct 1919-13 Mar 1920)
Transferred to the Staff of III. Battalion of the 47th Infantry-Regiment (13 Mar 1920-03 May 1920)
Sports-Officer of III. Battalion of the 47th Infantry-Regiment (03 May 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 47th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Platoon-Leader in the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1924)
Detached to Training-Course with the 7th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Oct 1922-25 Nov 1922)
Adjutant of I. Battalion of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1924-01 Apr 1930)
Detached to Weapons School Course at Dresden (01 Apr 1925-15 Aug 1925)
Detached to Transport & Equipment Training with the 7th Transport-Battalion (04 Mar 1929-23 Mar 1929)
Detached to Firing Course for heavy Infantry Weapons in Döberitz (19 Sep 1929-19 Oct 1929)
Company-Chief in the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1930-15 Feb 1934)
Detached to the Staff of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (15 Feb 1934-01 Apr 1934)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Regiments-Adjutant of Infantry-Regiment Regensburg (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 91st Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-10 Nov 1938)
Adjutant z.b.V. with the General-Command of VII. Army-Corps (10 Nov 1938-12 Nov 1939)
Adjutant with the General-Command of XXVII. Army-Corps (01 Aug 1940-09 Apr 1941)
Commander of the 331st Infantry-Regiment (09 Apr 1941-01 Nov 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH & Delegated with the Leadership of the 106th Infantry-Division (01 Nov 1942-10 Jan 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 296th Infantry-Division (10 Jan 1943-24 Mar 1943)
Commander of the 296th Infantry-Division (24 Mar 1943-20 Jun 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (20 Jun 1944-15 Jul 1944)
Commander of the 558th Grenadier-Division (15 Jul 1944-09 Oct 1944)
Commander of the 558th Volksgrenadier-Division (09 Oct 1944-05 Apr 1945)
Commanding General of XXXXIII. Army-Corps (14 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity (08 May 1945-13 May 1945)
Transferred to Soviet Captivity (13 May 1945-28 Mar 1953)
Died in Soviet Captivity (28 Mar 1953)

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• Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
• Photo 2:
• Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
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