(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Alexander Bourquin
Born: 21 May 1896 in Nazereth, Jamaica
Died: 05 Dec 1966 in Braunschweig
Promotions:
Gefreiter (01 Apr 1915); Unteroffizier (20 Apr 1915); Vizefeldwebel (10 May 1915); Fähnrich (17 Jan 1916); Leutnant (13 Mar 1916); Oberleutnant (31 Jul 1925); Hauptmann (01 Nov 1930); Major (01 Dec 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1939); Oberst (01 Dec 1941); Generalmajor (20 Feb 1944); Generalleutnant (20 Sep 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (21 Aug 1914)
in the 103rd Infantry-Regiment (21 Aug 1914-24 Feb 1915)
Detached to the MG-Company of the 103rd Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (24 Feb 1915-01 Apr 1915)
Transferred into the MG-Company of the 103rd Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1915-10 May 1915)
Officer-Candidate in the 102nd Infantry-Regiment, while retaining his position in the 103rd Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (10 May 1915-29 Jul 1918)
Detached to the Weapons-Officers-Course in Döberitz (01 Oct 1916-01 Nov 1916)
Detached to Course at the War School Kowno (29 Oct 1917-11 Nov 1917)
Temporary-MG-Officer with the Staff of the 103rd Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (29 Jul 1918-03 Jan 1919)
Transferred into the 102nd Infantry-Regiment (03 Jan 1919-02 Feb 1919)
Adjutant of the 5th Württemberg Border-Battalion (02 Feb 1919-28 Apr 1919)
Company-Officer in the 23rd Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (28 Apr 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Company-Officer in the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1924)
Detached to the Infantry-School (21 Sep 1922-06 Mar 1923)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 4th Division (01 Oct 1924-01 Oct 1925)
Transferred into the Staff of the 4th Division (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1926)
Company-Officer in the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1926-01 Oct 1930)
Detached to Transport-Course with the 4th Transport-Battalion (03 Oct 1927-28 Oct 1927)
Auxiliary-Officer in Department Ic (Abwehr) with the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1933)
Company-Chief in the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Company-Chief in Infantry-Regiment Plauen (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Company-Chief in the 31st Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Instructor at the War-School Munich (06 Oct 1936-25 Oct 1938)
Detached to the War-School Wiener Neustadt (10 Apr 1938-30 Sep 1938)
Detached to the War-School Wiener Neustadt (25 Oct 1938-10 Nov 1938)
Instructor at the War-School Wiener Neustadt (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Transferred to the Staff of Special-Purpose-Higher-Command XXXVII (26 Aug 1939-09 Nov 1939)
Führer-Reserve OKH (09 Nov 1939-08 Jan 1940)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 282nd Infantry-Regiment (08 Jan 1940-05 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 446th Infantry-Regiment (05 Oct 1940-12 Sep 1941)
Führer-Reserve OKH (12 Sep 1941-22 Oct 1941)
Detached to Infantry-School as an Instruction-Group-Commander (22 Oct 1941-10 Dec 1941)
Commander of Instruction-Group III of the Infantry-School (10 Dec 1941-01 Mar 1942)
Commander of School II for Officer-Candidates of Infantry, Wiener Neustadt (01 Mar 1942-15 Jan 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (15 Jan 1943-25 Jan 1943)
Deputy General of East Troops (25 Jan 1943-04 Sep 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (04 Sep 1943-11 Oct 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 117th Jäger-Division (11 Oct 1943-10 Nov 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 11th Luftwaffe-Field-Division (10 Nov 1943-01 Dec 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 114th Jäger-Division (01 Dec 1943-01 Jan 1944)
Commander of the 114th Jäger-Division (01 Jan 1944-30 Sep 1944)
Führer-Reserve – Hospital (30 Sep 1944-10 Jan 1945)
Inspector of Volunteer Units, OKH (10 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In captivity (08 May 1945-00 May 1948)
Released (00 May 1948)

Awards & Decorations:
Kgl.sächs. St. Heinrichs-Orden (01 Jun 1917)


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