Lemelsen, Joachim Hermann August
- Date of birth:
- September 26th, 1888 (Berlin, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 30th, 1954 (Göttingen/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
In service from July 1st 1907.
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1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 29. Infanteriedivision "Falke" / 10. Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd
- Awarded on:
- September 21st, 1939
Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on September 21st 1914.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 29. Infanteriedivision "Falke" / 10. Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd
- Awarded on:
- September 30th, 1939
Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on December 5th 1916.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Panzertruppe (Lieutenant-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General XXXXVII.Armeekorps (mot.) / 4.Panzerarmee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- July 27th, 1941
381st Award.
Submitted on July 18th 1941.
Preliminary document and decoration on July 28th 1941 to Heeresgruppe Mitte.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Panzertruppe (Lieutenant-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General XXXXVII. Armeekorps (mot.)
- Awarded on:
- January 13th, 1942
Silver version.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Panzertruppe (Lieutenant-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General XXXXVII. Armeekorps (mot.)
- Awarded on:
- June 14th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Panzertruppe (Lieutenant-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General XXXXVII. Panzerkorps
- Awarded on:
- July 15th, 1942
Award 144/1.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Panzertruppe (Lieutenant-general)
- Awarded on:
- August 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Panzertruppe (Lieutenant-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General XXXXVII.Panzerkorps / 8.Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd
- Awarded on:
- September 7th, 1943
294th Award.
Submitted on August 27th 1943.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- April 14th, 1917
Ritter des Königlicher Preussischer Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 30th, 1918
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, 2001
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Kursietis, Andris J., The Wehrmacht at War 1939-1945, Aspekt, The Netherlands, 1999
- Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000
- Axis Biographical Research
- Island Farm POW Camp: 198 / Special Camp:XI
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