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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Ferdinando Cona

Cona, Ferdinando

Lieutenant-General

* 25th of April 1882

Promotions

1917-XX-XX Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-10-06 Colonel
1932-12-01 Brigadier-General (Seniority from 1932-11-18)
1936-07-06 Major-General (War merits)(Seniority from 1936-04-15)
1939-03-10 Lieutenant-General (Seniority from 1939-01-22)

Service

1916-12-10 1918-03-18 Chief of Staff, Royal Colonial Troops Corps Eritrea
1917-XX-XX 1920-01-10 Chief of Staff, 60th Infantry Division
1920-01-10 1921-03-29 Chief of Staff, Troops of the Venetian Gulf
1921-03-29 1921-04-15 Chief of Staff, Trieste Corps
1921-04-15 1921-08-31 Chief of Staff, Military Division Roma
1921-08-31 1923-12-31 Chief of Staff, Central Infantry School
1923-12-31 Attached to the Ministry of Colonies
1923-XX-XX 1927-03-10 Chief of the Military Office, Ministry of Colonies
1927-03-10 Attached to Royal Colonial Troops Corps Eritrea
1931-01-12 Commanding Officer Royal Colonial Troops Corps Eritrea
1931-01-12 1931-09-10 At disposal of Roma Corps
1931-09-10 1933-XX-XX Director of Senior Officer Application Course, War School
1932-12-01 1933-04-06 At disposal
1933-04-06 1934-09-16 Commanding Officer 19th Infantry Brigade
1934-09-16 1935-03-25 Commanding Officer 21st Infantry Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna"
1935-03-25 1935-04-09 Attached to the Ministry of Colonies
1935-04-09 1936-06-30 Deputy Chief of Staff, Italian East Africa General Headquarters
1936-09-01 Attached to the Ministry of Italian Africa
1936-09-01 1939-01-05 General Officer Commanding 7th Infantry Division "Leonessa"
1939-01-05 1939-03-10 Acting General Officer Commanding XX Corps [North Africa]
1939-03-10 1941-02-07 General Officer Commanding XX Corps [North Africa]
1941-02-07 Prisoner of War
Picture source: From: "Storia della Artiglieria Italiana, Parte IV, Volume XII", 1950