SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP
11
NAME: Generalmajor Walther Serini
PW
NO: 560390
RANK: Generalmajor
CAPTURED: Narvik, Norway
DATE: 27 September 1945
DATE
OF BIRTH: 12 January 1894
PLACE
OF BIRTH: Düsseldorf
DATE
OF DEATH:
PLACE
OF DEATH:
NATIONALITY: German
RELIGION:
Evangelical
OCCUPATION: Regular Soldier
HEIGHT: 6'
3"
WEIGHT: 185
lbs
HAIR COLOUR: Brown
EYE COLOUR: Blue
NEXT OF KIN: Lies
Serini, Hamburg, (British Zone)
Promotions (included):
- War Volunteer: 4 August 1914
- Leutnant (9. Rheinisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.160): 31 October 1915 (Patent 22 March 1914)
- Hauptmann: 1 April 1928
- Oberstleutnant: 1 October 1937
- Oberst: 1 October 1940 (Patent 1 December 1939)
- Generalmajor: 1 April 1943
Commands & Assignments (included):
- 1 May 1938: Commander of the III. Battalion of Infantry Regiment 69.
- 1 September 1939: Commander of the III. Battalion of Schützen [Rifle]-Regiment 1 of the 1st Panzer Division. [Commanded by Generalleutnant Rudolf Schmidt, the 1st Panzer Division took part in the invasion of Poland in September 1939.]
- 3 November 1939-May 1942: Adjutant (IIa) on the General Staff of the 12th Army. [Commanded by Generaloberst (later Generalfeldmarschall) Wilhelm List, the 12th Army took part in the invasion of France in May-June 1940. Transferred to Bulgaria, the 12th Army played a key role in Operation “Marita,” the invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece in April 1941. Following the successful conquest of the Balkans, the 12th Army was headquartered near Athens and then in Salonika from October 1941 where it controlled the occupation forces in the German-held areas of Greece and Yugoslavia. On 29 October 1941, command of the 12th Army passed from List to General der Pioniere Walter Kuntze. Luftwaffe Generaloberst Alexander Löhr in turn, succeeded Kuntze as army commander on 2 July 1942.]
- 7 May 1942-10 October 1942: Adjutant (IIa) on the General Staff of Army Group A (known under the cover names “Staff Anton,” 24 April 1942-22 May 1942, and “Coastal Staff Azov,” 23 May 1942-7 July 1942) on the Eastern Front. [Commanded by Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List, Army Group A took part in the German 1942 summer offensive in the Caucasus. Displeased with List’s conduct of the campaign, Adolf Hitler dismissed him from command and assumed temporary leadership of the army group himself on 9 September 1942. This impractical command arrangement was finally rectified when Generaloberst Ewald von Kleist assumed command of Army Group A on 22 November 1942.]
- 15 December 1942-1 May 1943: Commander of Grenadier Regiment 11 (Motorized) of the 14th Infantry Division (Motorized) on the Eastern Front.
- 26 July 1943-21 August 1943: Attended the Division Leader Course.
- 31 August 1943-21 November 1943: Allocated for Special Employment to the Commander-in-Chief West (Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt).
- 29 November 1943-23 December 1943: Allocated for Special Employment to Wehrkreis [Military District] V, Stuttgart.
- 5 January 1944-9 May 1945: Commandant of Narvik, Norway.
- 27
September 1945-17 May 1948: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
- 9 January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
- 12 May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation.
