The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Yoshitarō Kawamoto

Kawamoto, Yoshitarō

Major-General

* 15th of June 1898

† 24th of November 1975

(川本芳太郎)

(かわもと よしたろう)

Promotions

1939-08-01 Colonel
1944-03-01 Major-General

Service

1937-11-01 1938-12-01 Chief of China Office, Military Service Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1939-06-28 1940-04-06 Chief of Take (Bamboo) Agency [China]
1939-06-28 1939-09-12 Attached to Northern China Area Army Headquarters
1939-09-12 1940-04-06 Attached to China Expeditionary Army Headquarters
1940-04-06 1941-08-01 Military Advisor to the Nanjing Government
1941-08-01 1942-04-01 Chief of 2nd Section, China Expeditionary Army
1942-04-01 1942-12-04 Chief of Staff, 5th Division
1942-12-04 1943-06-01 Attached to the Imperial Guards Depot Division
1943-06-01 1944-03-22 Attached to China Expeditionary Army Headquarters
1944-03-22 1945-09-02 Deputy Chief of Staff, China Expeditionary Army
1945-08-23 1945-09-02 Deputy Chief of Staff, 13th Army