(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Eduard Eckhardt
Born: 29 Jan 1875 in Kolberg
Died: 15 Jun 1959 in Berlin
Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (17 Mar 1894); Fähnrich (18 Oct 1894); Sekondeleutnant (18 Aug 1895); umbenannt in Leutnant (01 Jan 1899); Oberleutnant (21 May 1906); Hauptmann (25 Jul 1913); Major (16 Jun 1920); Oberstleutnant (01 May 1925); Oberst (15 May 1935); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (17 Mar 1894)
Fähnrich in the 2nd Field-Artillery-Regiment (17 Mar 1894-01 Oct 1912)
Battery-Chief in the 2nd Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1912-1914)
Battery-Chief, later Leader of the I. Battalion of the 2nd Field-Artillery-Regiment; then 1st Adjutant of Army-Group Linsingen (1914-1918)
With the Volunteer Artillery-Regiment Osiander (Division von Lettow) then With the 46th Flak-Battalion (23 Apr 1919-12 Sep 1919)
Transferred into the 16th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (12 Sep 1919-01 Oct 1920)
With the Staff of Artillery-Leader IV (01 Oct 1920-30 Nov 1920)
With the Staff of Artillery-Leader VI (30 Nov 1920-04 Aug 1921)
With the Army-Peace-Commission, Berlin (04 Aug 1921-31 Mar 1927)
Retired (31 Mar 1927)
Employed by the Army (01 Apr 1927); Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Apr 1941)
With the Staff of the 3rd Division (01 Apr 1927-01 May 1927)
Welfare-Director with Military-District-Command III (01 May 1927-12 Oct 1937)
Director of the Supply and Welfare Department with the General-Command of the III. Army-Corps (12 Oct 1937-15 Oct 1938)
Commander of Wehrmacht Welfare and Supply Office in Military-District III (15 Oct 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of Wehrmacht Welfare and Supply Office with the Replacement-General-Command of the III. Army-Corps (26 Aug 1939-31 Jul 1942)
Retired (31 Jul 1942)

Awards & Decorations:
1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen


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