The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Yoshinori Shirakawa

Shirakawa, Yoshinori

General

* 12th of December 1868

† 26th of May 1932

(白川義則)

Promotions

1925-03-28 General

Service

1905-10-27 1909-12-26 Staff Officer, Personnel Bureau, Ministry of War
1909-12-26 1911-06-15 Commanding Officer 34th Infantry Regiment
1911-06-15 1913-09-30 Chief of Staff 11th Division
1913-09-30 1915-08-10 Commanding Officer Central China Contingent
1915-08-10 1916-08-18 Commanding Officer 9th Brigade
1916-08-18 1919-01-15 Head of Personnel Bureau, Ministry of War
1919-01-15 1921-03-11 Commandant of the Military Academy
1921-03-11 1922-08-15 General Officer Commanding 11th Division
1922-08-15 1922-10-20 General Officer Commanding 1st Division
1922-10-20 1923-10-10 Vice Minister of War
1923-03-10 1923-08-06 Head of Army Aviation Headquarters
1923-10-10 1926-07-28 Commander in Chief Kwantung Army
1926-07-28 1927-04-20 Member of the Supreme War Council
1927-04-20 1929-07-02 Minister of War
1929-07-02 1932-02-25 Member of the Supreme War Council
1932-02-25 1932-04-29 Commander in Chief Shanghai Expeditionary Army [China]
1932-04-29 Seriously wounded by a bomb
1932-05-26 Died of his wounds
Picture source: http://www.mod.go.jp