Generalmajor Karl Blomeyer
Born: 22 Jan 1884 in Koblenz
Died: 10 Oct 1959 in Bad Oeynhausen
Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (22 Mar 1903); Fähnrich (16 Dec 1903); Leutnant (18 Aug 1904); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1913); Hauptmann (25 Feb 1915); Charakter als Major (31 Dec 1920); Major a.D. (01 Oct 1933); Major (E) (05 Mar 1935); Oberstleutnant (E) (01 Sep 1935); Oberst (E) (01 Oct 1938); Oberst (01 Jun 1941); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1943)
Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1903)
Fähnrich in the 56th Field-Artillery-Regiment (22 Mar 1903-22 Aug 1914)
Detached to the Military Gymnasium (01 Oct 1910-28 Feb 1911)
Detached to the 1st Telegraph-Battalion (01 Oct 1912-22 Aug 1914)
In the Field as a Battery-Leader in the 10th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (22 Aug 1914-01 Nov 1916)
Battalion-Commander in the 100th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1916-25 Dec 1918)
Battery-Leader in the 56th Field-Artillery-Regiment (25 Dec 1918-31 Dec 1920)
Retired from Army Service (31 Dec 1920)
Army Employee (01 Aug 1925); Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Jun 1941)
Employee Landwehr-Service with the Commander Küstrin (01 Aug 1925-01 Oct 1925)
Director of Military-District-Command III (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1929)
Administrator for the personnel in the Border-Guards-Formation in Border-Guards-Section-Command Küstrin (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1934)
Training-Director Meseritz (01 Oct 1934-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the Border-Watch-Section 23 (26 Aug 1939-01 Dec 1939)
Commander of the 307th Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1939-06 Nov 1940)
Commander of the 341st Infantry-Regiment (06 Nov 1940-10 Dec 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (10 Dec 1942-15 May 1943)
Commandant of POW-Camp Stalag 371 (15 May 1943-15 Sep 1943)
Commandant of POW-Camp Oflag II C (15 Sep 1943-01 Apr 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Apr 1944-31 Jul 1944)
Retired from Army Service (31 Jul 1944)
Inspector of the Volkssturmes in Brandenburg (01 Sep 1944-08 May 1945)
In Soviet captivity (17 Jun 1946-18 Jan 1950)
Released (18 Jan 1950)

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