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Portrait of General Seiichi Kita

Kita, Seiichi

General

* 20th of December 1886

† 7th of June 1952

(喜多誠一)

(きた せいいち)

Promotions

1931-08-01 Colonel
1936-03-07 Major-General
1939-03-09 Lieutenant-General
1945-03-09 General

Service

1931-08-01 1932-02-23 Commanding Officer 37th Infantry Regiment
1932-02-23 1932-06-27 Chief of Intelligence Section, Shanghai Expeditionary Force [China]
1932-06-27 1932-08-08 Official tour in China
1932-08-08 1934-08-01 Chief of Intelligence Branch, Kwantung Army
1934-08-01 1936-04-13 Chief of 5th Section (Asian Intelligence), 2nd Section, General Staff
1936-03-23 1937-08-14 Military Attaché to China
1937-08-14 1937-09-04 Chief of Tianjin Special Agency [China]
1937-09-04 1939-03-10 Head of Special Agency, Northern China Area Army
1939-03-10 1940-03-09 Head of Northern China Coordination Bureau, Asia Development Board
1940-03-09 1941-10-15 General Officer Commanding 14th Division
1941-10-15 1943-03-01 General Officer Commanding 6th Army
1943-03-01 1944-02-07 General Officer Commanding 12th Army [China]
1944-02-07 1944-09-26 Attached to the General Staff
1944-09-26 1945-09-02 Commander in Chief 1st Area Army [Manchuria]
1945-09-XX 1952-06-07 Prisoner of War [Soviet Union]
1952-06-07 Died in a Prisoner of War camp [Soviet Union]
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