(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Gustav Adolf-Auffenberg-Komarow
Born: 11 Jul 1887 in Olmütz, Moravia
Died: 08 Feb 1967 in Vienna (Wien)
Promotions:
Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter (18 Aug 1908); Leutnant (01 Nov 1911); Oberleutnant (01 Aug 1914); Hauptmann (27 Oct 1917); Major (Titel) (08 Jul 1921); Stabs-Hauptmann (01 Mar 1923); Major (Titel) (27 Sep 1927); Major (20 Jan 1928); Oberstleutnant (22 Jun 1936); Oberst (20 Apr 1939); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Sep 1943)
Career:
Entered the Austrian Army (18 Aug 1908)
Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter in the 1st Infantry-Regiment 'Kaiser' (18 Aug 1908-02 Aug 1914)
Company-Commander in the 1st Infantry-Regiment 'Kaiser' (02 Aug 1914-15 Sep 1916)
Company-Leader in the 222nd Prussian Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (15 Sep 1916-16 Dec 1916)
Company, later Battalion Commander in the 1st Infantry-Regiment 'Kaiser' (16 Dec 1916-01 May 1920)
Company-Commander in the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1920-08 Jul 1921)
Major with the Staff of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (08 Jul 1921-01 Mar 1923)
Company-Commander in the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1923-15 Nov 1928)
Detached to the War Archives, Vienna (01 Dec 1926-15 Nov 1928)
Assigned to the 3rd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-06 Dec 1929)
Company-Commander in the 3rd Infantry-Regiment (06 Dec 1929-26 Apr 1937)
Staff-Officer with Special Duties with the Staff of the 3rd Infantry-Regiment (26 Apr 1937-13 Mar 1938)
Transferred into the Federal Ministry for State Defence and Personal Adjutant of the Federal Chancellor then Reichs Governor (13 Mar 1938-28 Mar 1938)
Transferred into the German Army (15 Mar 1938)
Officer with Special Duties of the C-in-C Army (28 Mar 1938-10 Jun 1938)
Detached to the 131st Infantry-Regiment (10 Jun 1938-25 Jun 1938)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 131st Infantry-Regiment (25 Jun 1938-10 Nov 1938)
Transferred to the Staff of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-01 Mar 1939)
Detached to Staff-Officers-Course of the XIII. Army-Corps in Regensburg (18 Jan 1939-31 Jan 1939)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 85th Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1939-26 Oct 1939)
Commander of the 41st Infantry-Regiment (26 Oct 1939-16 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 453rd Infantry-Regiment (16 Oct 1940-05 Sep 1942)
Commander of the 285th Security-Division (05 Sep 1942-05 Sep 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (05 Sep 1944-13 Dec 1944)
Commandant of Fortress-Section Lower Danube (13 Dec 1944-05 May 1945)
In Captivity (05 May 1945-26 Sep 1946)
Released (26 Sep 1946)

Decorations & Awards:
-- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 20.03.1942 als Oberst und Kommandeur des Infanterie-Regiment 453
- 1914 EK II
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Jubiläums-Kreuz 1848
- k.u.k. Österr. Erinnerungs-Kreuz 1912/1913
- k.u.k. Österr. Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration und Schwertern
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration und Schwertern
- k.u.k. Österr. Bronzene Militär-Verdienstmedaille (“Signum Laudis”) am Band des Militär-Verdienstkreuzes und den Schwertern
- k.u.k. Österr. Silberne Militär-Verdienstmedaille (“Signum Laudis”) am Band des Militär-Verdienstkreuzes und den Schwertern (zum 2. ten Mal)
- k.u.k. Österr. Karl-Truppen-Kreuz
- k.u.k. Österr. Verwundeten-Medaille
- Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern der Republik Österreich
- Kgl. Ungar. Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- 1939 EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
- Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Silber


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