The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Hisao Watari

Watari, Hisao

Lieutenant-General

* 7th of October 1885

† 2nd of January 1939

(渡 久雄)

(わたり ひさお)

Promotions

1924-08-20 Lieutenant-Colonel
1928-08-10 Colonel
1933-08-01 Major-General
1937-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1919-07-19 1925-08-07 Staff Officer, General Staff
1920-01-24 1925-08-07 Instructor at the War College
1922-10-09 1925-08-07 Adjutant to Field Marshal ?
1925-08-07 1926-12-01 Staff Officer, China Garrison Army
1926-12-01 1928-02-13 Attached to 38th Infantry Regiment
1928-02-13 1930-06-03 Military Attaché to USA
1930-06-03 1930-08-01 Attached to the General Staff
1930-08-01 1932-08-08 Chief of 4th Section (European & American Intelligence), 2nd Section, General Staff
1932-08-08 1933-08-01 Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Regiment
1933-08-01 1934-08-01 Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Brigade
1934-08-01 1934-12-26 Attached to 9th Division
1934-12-26 1935-03-15 Attached to 1st Division
1935-03-15 1936-03-23 Attached to Imperial Guards Division
1936-03-23 1937-07-21 Head of 2nd Section, General Staff
1937-07-21 1938-01-08 Attached to the General Staff
1938-01-08 1938-07-15 General Officer Commanding 12th Depot Division
1938-07-15 1939-01-02 General Officer Commanding 11th Division
1939-01-02 Died of illness
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