Generalleutnant Rudolf Dinter

SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: Generalleutnant Rudolf Dinter

PW NO:         A938997
RANK:          Generalleutnant
CAPTURED: Unknown
DATE:           2nd May 1945

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH:     19 November 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH:   Wikau / Krs. Zwickau
DATE OF DEATH:    4 April 1965
PLACE OF DEATH: Mehlbergen

NATIONALITY: German

RELIGION: Evangelical

OCCUPATION: Regular Soldier

HEIGHT: 170cm

WEIGHT: 80kg

HAIR COLOUR: Brown

EYE COLOUR: Brown

NEXT OF KIN: Ilona Dinter, (British Zone)

Promotions (included):

Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter: 25 May 1914
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier: 10 July 1914
Fähnrich: 24 October 1914
Leutnant: 12 February 1915 (Patent 13 June 1913)
Oberleutnant: 22 September 1918 (RDA 20 June 1918)
Hauptmann: 1 November 1927
Major: 1 November 1934
Oberstleutnant: 1 August 1937 (RDA 1 October 1936)
Oberst: 1 August 1939 (RDA 1 June 1939)
Generalmajor: 20 June 1944 (RDA 1 April 1944)
Generalleutnant: 1 April 1944

Commands & Assignments (included):

16 March 1914: Entered service as a Fahnenjunker in Royal Saxon 1. Pionier-Bataillon Nr.12.
20 January 1916: Transferred to Pioneer Battalion 22.
1 April 1916: Returned to Pioneer Battalion 12.
5 November 1917: Detached to Army Air Park 2 for training as an aerial observer.
20 February 1918: Transferred to the Replacement Battalion of Pioneer Battalion 22.
21 June 1918: Leader of the 2^nd Reserve Company of Pioneer Battalion 22.
9 December 1918: Company Leader in the Border Defence Pioneer Battalion of the 115^th Infantry Division/Border Defence West.
3 January 1919: Leader of a Pioneer Company in the Landesschützenkorps [Local Defence Corps].
16 June 1919: Company Leader in Reichswehr Pioneer Battalion 12.
3 December 1919-9 February 1920: Detached as leader of the brigade bridging trains.
9 February 1920-26 April 1920: Detached to sports courses in Wehrkreis [Military District] Command IV.
1 October 1920: Transferred as platoon leader to Infantry Regiment 10.
1 July 1923: Transferred to the Replacement Battalion of Infantry Regiment 10.
1 November 1923: Transferred to Pioneer Battalion 6.
1 April 1924: Transferred to Artillery Regiment 6 and detached to the Pioneer School in Jüterborg.
15 September 1924: Detached to Pioneer Battalion 6.
1 November 1924: Transferred to Pioneer Battalion 6.
1 March 1925: Welfare Officer in Pioneer Battalion 6.
21 June 1925-31 August 1925: At the same time, acting adjutant of Pioneer Battalion 6.
1 November 1925: Transferred to the 1^st Company of Pioneer Battalion 6 while maintaining his position as Battalion Welfare Officer.
19 March 1926-29 April 1926: Detached for training as Kraftfahrzeugsführer to the 6^th Transport Battalion.
31 July 1926: Company officer in the 1^st Company of Pioneer Battalion 6.
1 October 1927: Leader of the bridge construction column of Pioneer Battalion 6.
1 October 1930: Transferred to the staff of the Commandant of Insterburg.
1 April 1934: Instructor at the Pioneer School.
1 May 1935: Instructor at Pioneer School I.
6 October 1935: Commander of Pioneer Battalion 22.
15 January 1940: Commander of Pioneer Battalion 220.
21 May 1940: Commander of the Special Purpose Pioneer Regimental Staff 614.
15 February 1941: Pioneer Leader of Panzer Group 4.
28 December 1942: Führer Reserve Army High Command, detached to the 2^nd Divisional Leader Course in Berlin.
20 March 1943: Detached to the Infantry School.
1 April 1943-27 July 1944: Commander, 295th Infantry Division.
28 July 1943: Führer Reserve Army High Command.
11 January 1945: Commander of Pioneer School I, Dessau-Roßlau.
19 January 1945-8 May 1945: General of Pioneers in Army Group Weichsal [Vistula] on the Eastern Front.
8 May 1945-1948: British prisoner of war.
- 9th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
- 12th May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation