The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Masatake Shiina

Shiina, Masatake

Lieutenant-General

* 9th of May 1889

† 29th of December 1955

(椎名正健)

(しいな まさたけ)

Promotions

1932-08-08 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-03-01 Colonel
1939-08-01 Major-General
1944-06-10 Lieutenant-General

Service

1936-08-01 1937-05-05 Commanding Officer Miyama Heavy Artillery Regiment
1937-05-05 1937-12-24 Commanding Officer Acheng Heavy Artillery Regiment
1937-12-24 1939-10-02 Chief of Ordnance Section, 4th Army
1939-10-02 1941-07-13 Commandant of the Army Ordnance School
1941-07-13 1942-06-26 Commanding Officer Artillery, Western Army
1942-06-26 1943-06-10 Commanding Officer Pusan (Chinhae Bay) Fortress
1943-02-15 1943-06-10 Head of Pusan (Chinhae Bay) Military Transport Control
1943-06-10 1944-06-10 Commanding Officer 7th Artillery Command
1944-06-10 1945-01-10 General Officer Commanding 20th Depot Division [Korea]
1945-01-10 1945-09-XX General Officer Commanding 124th Division
1945-09-XX 1955-12-29 Prisoner of War [Soviet Union]
1955-12-29 Died in a Prisoner of War Camp [Soviet Union]