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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Kisaburō Hamamoto

Hamamoto, Kisaburō

Lieutenant-General

* 22nd of May 1885

† 14th of October 1956

(浜本喜三郎)

(はまもと きさぶろう)

Promotions

1930-08-01 Colonel
1935-03-15 Major-General
1938-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1927-12-09 1930-08-01 Attached to Main Army Arsenal
1927-12-09 1929-03-16 Senior Staff Officer, Assignments Branch, Personnel Bureau, Ministry of War
1930-08-01 1931-08-01 Instructor at the Army Infantry School
1931-08-01 1932-05-23 Commanding Officer 16th Infantry Regiment
1932-05-23 1933-08-01 Commanding Officer Cadets, Military Academy
1933-08-01 1935-03-15 Chief of Staff, 7th Division
1935-03-15 1935-12-02 Commanding Officer 18th Infantry Brigade
1935-12-02 1936-03-01 Commandant of Kumamoto Army Training School
1938-03-01 1938-11-17 Commanding Officer 3rd Independent Garrison Unit
1938-11-17 1940-12-02 General Officer Commanding 104th Division
1940-12-02 1942-08-01 Commander in Chief Northern Army District
1942-08-01 1942-08-31 In reserve
1942-08-31 Retired
1945-03-20 Recalled
1945-03-20 1945-04-01 Attached to Army Ordnance Administrative Headquarters
1945-04-01 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding Kyoto Divisional District
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