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Bömers, Hans (Arko 145)

Date of birth:
April 20th, 1893 (Bückeburg, Fürstentum Schaumburg-Lippe)
Date of death:
January 15th, 1964 (Braubach, Rhine)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Generalleutnant Bömers, Ludwig Friedrich Hans was the eldest brother of Oberst Walther Bömers

Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (29 Jun 1912);
Fähnrich (18 Dec 1912);
Leutnant (18 May 1913);
Oberleutnant (05 Oct 1916);
Hauptmann (01 Dec 1923);
Major (01 Sep 1933);
Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1936);
Oberst (01 Oct 1938);
Generalmajor (01 Apr 1942);
Generalleutnant (01 Jul 1944).

Career:
Entered Army Service (05 Feb 1912)
Fahnenjunker in the 58th Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Feb 1912-16 Sep 1914)
Detached to the War-School Neiße (28 Sep 1912-21 Jun 1913)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 58th Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 Sep 1914-25 Dec 1914)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 58th Field-Artillery-Regiment (25 Dec 1914-05 Dec 1917)
Transferred for Training as General-Staff-Candidate with the Staff of the 9th Landwehr-Division (05 Dec 1917-27 Aug 1918)
Detached to MG-School in Vaux-en-Dienlet (03 Mar 1918-24 Dec 1918)
Detached for 6 weeks as Company-Leader in the 83rd Landwehr-Infantry-Regiment (27 Aug 1918)
Transferred back into the 58th Field-Artillery-Regiment (24 Dec 1918-06 Jan 1919)
Battery-Leader in the 58th Field-Artillery-Regiment (06 Jan 1919-14 Jan 1919)
Adjutant of the 13th Field-Artillery-Brigade (14 Jan 1919-01 Apr 1919)
Taken ill, Garrison-Hospital in Bückeburg (26 Jan 1919-13 Mar 1919)
Assigned to the General-Command of the VII. Army-Corps (01 Apr 1919-23 May 1919)
In Freikorps Lichtschlag, Volunteer-Battery von Bock und Polach (23 May 1919-15 Sep 1920)
Admitted to Reserve-Hospital in Bad Pyrmont (17 Aug 1919-26 Sep 1919)
Studying of Economics and Political Science at the University of Münster (02 Oct 1919-17 Oct 1920)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 7th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (15 Sep 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Adjutant of the IV. (Mounted) Battalion of the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-19 Nov 1921)
Transferred to the 12th Battery of the 6th Artillery-Regiment (19 Nov 1921-17 May 1922)
Transferred to the Regiments-Staff of the 6th Artillery-Regiment (17 May 1922-16 Mar 1923)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 6th Artillery-Regiment (16 Mar 1923-01 Feb 1928)
Detached to Gas-Protection-Course D in Berlin (31 Jan 1926-13 Feb 1926)
Detached to Firing-Course for Artillery-Officers in Ohrdruf (01 Mar 1927-08 Apr 1927)
Battery-Chief in the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1928-01 Oct 1932)
Detached to Group-Command 1, Berlin (Reinhardt-Courses) (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1933)
Transferred into the RWM (01 Oct 1933-01 Apr 1935)
Transferred into the Army-Field-Equipment-Mastery (01 Apr 1935-16 Dec 1936)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 70th Artillery-Regiment (16 Dec 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of the 34th Artillery-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of the 70th Artillery-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-14 Nov 1939)
Commander of the 34th Artillery-Regiment (14 Nov 1939-05 Jan 1941)
Führer-Reserve OKH (05 Jan 1941-18 Jan 1941)
Artillery Commander 145 (18 Jan 1941-05 Mar 1942)
Higher Artillery Commander 313 (05 Mar 1942-01 May 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 May 1942-10 Jul 1942)
Commander of the 65th Infantry-Division (10 Jul 1942-01 Jan 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Jan 1943-13 Jan 1943)
Commander of Army-Field-Equipment-Group 3 (13 Jan 1943-07 Feb 1944)
Field-Equipment-Inspector of the Replacement Army (07 Feb 1944-01 May 1945)
In captivity (01 May 1945-07 Jun 1947)
Released (07 Jun 1947)

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Artillerie-Kommandeur 145, Arko 145, VIII. Armeekorps
Awarded on:
December 19th, 1941
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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