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Krüpl, Othmar

    Date of birth:
    August 18th, 1893 (Imst/Tirol, Austria)
    Date of death:
    September 30th, 1992 (Vienna, Austria)
    Nationality:
    Austrian

    Biography

    Promotions:
    August 1st, 1914: Leutnant;
    May 1st, 1915: Oberleutnant;
    January 1st, 1921: Hauptmann;
    January 18th, 1930: Major;
    February 1st, 1939: Oberstleutnant;
    February 1st, 1941: Oberst;
    January 30th, 1945: Generalmajor.

    Career:
    August 1st, 1914: Eintritt Österreichisch-Ungarische Armee;
    August 1st, 1914 - August 19th, 1914: Eisenbahnregiment;
    19 augutus 1914 - 1 oktober 1918: Eisenbahnkompanie nr. 25;
    October 1st, 1918 - November 1918: Wien;
    November 1918 - January 5th, 1919: Volkswehr-Bataillon Korneuburg;
    January 5th, 1919 - June 1st, 1919: Eisenbahnregiment;
    June 1st, 1919 - October 9th, 1920: Eisenbahnkompanie Kärnten;
    October 9th, 1920 - March 1st, 1921: Wiener Pionierbataillon Nr. 2;
    March 1st, 1921 - March 1st, 1922: Niederösterreichisches Pionierbataillon Nr. 3 / Eisenbahn Pionier Abteilung Kärnten;
    March 1st, 1923 - September 1st, 1930: Wiener Pionierbataillon Nr. 2;
    1926 -1927: Technischer Schule Wien;
    September 1st, 1930 - April 1st, 1932: Heeresschule Enns;
    April 1st, 1932 - September 15th, 1932: Oberösterreichisches Pionierbataillon Nr. 4 Birago;
    September 15th, 1932 - November 1st, 1932: Wiener Pionierbataillon Nr. 2;
    November 1st, 1932 - April 1st, 1938: Lehrer Heeresschule Enns;
    April 1st, 1938 - March 1sr, 1939: Stab Eisenbahn-Pionier-Bataillon 56;
    March 1st, 1939 - September 15th, 1940: Kommandeur II. / Eisenbahn-Pionier-Regiment 2;
    September 15th, 1940 - June 30th, 1942: Kommandeur Eisenbahn-Pionier-Regiment 6;
    July 1942 - December 1943(?): Kommandeur Eisenbahn-Pionier-Regiment 5;
    January 1st, 1944 - May 8th, 1945: Kommandeur Eisenbahn-Pionier-Brigade z.b.V. 2;
    May 8th, 1945 - 1947: POW.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Oberst (Colonel)
    Unit:
    Eisenbahn-Pionier-Regiment 5
    Awarded on:
    September 5th, 1942
    Deutsches Kreuz in Silber

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