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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Gustavo Pesenti

Pesenti, Gustavo

Lieutenant-General

* 15th of January 1878

† 18th of January 1960

Promotions

1917-08-16 Lieutenant-Colonel
1933-07-22 Brigadier-General
1937-01-01 Major-General
1939-08-17 Lieutenant-General (Seniority from 1939-07-19)

Service

1918-07-22 1919-09-XX Commanding Officer Overseas Expeditionary Corps
1925-03-11 1925-12-XX Commanding Officer Agedabia Military Zone [North Africa]
1928-XX-XX 1929-XX-XX Commanding Officer Royal Colonial Troop Corps Somalia
1929-04-01 1933-01-31 Commanding Officer 7th Alpine Regiment
1933-XX-XX Inspector of Mobilisation, Territorial Military Division Imperia
1933-XX-XX 1934-XX-XX Commanding Officer 4th Alpine Brigade
1934-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 4th Higher Alpine Command
1934-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 4th Higher Alpine Command "Cuneense"
1935-XX-XX 1936-XX-XX Commanding Officer 4th Eritreran Brigade [East Africa]
1936-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 1st Eritrean Division [East Africa]
1937-XX-XX 1938-09-01 General Officer Commanding Firenze Territorial Defence Command
1938-09-01 Attached to the Ministry of Italian Africa
1940-06-11 1940-12-31 Acting Governor of Somaliland
1941-02-01 Attached to the Ministry of Italian Africa
1941-02-01 Attached to the Ministry of War
1942-01-15 Retired
Picture source: https://myarchiviostoricofotografico.com/ Arc. 2098