(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Rudolf Busich
Born: 17 Jan 1889 in Triest
Died: 24 Feb 1946 in Gartenau, Salzburg
Promotions:
Leutnant (18 Aug 1910); Oberleutnant (01 Aug 1914); Hauptmann (01 May 1917); Major (Titel) (01 Jan 1921); Major (19 Jan 1918); Oberstleutnant (28 Dec 1935); Oberst (01 Feb 1939); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Dec 1943)
Career:
Entered Austrian Army Service (18 Aug 1910)
Leutnant in the Railway and Telegraph Regiment (18 Aug 1910-16 Nov 1911)
Transferred into Railway-Regiment Korneuburg (16 Nov 1911-01 Nov 1912)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of Railway-Regiment Korneuburg (01 Nov 1912-01 Aug 1914)
Adjutant of the Railway-Advisors in the Quarter-Master-Department of Army High Command 5 (01 Aug 1914-12 Jul 1915)
Company-Commander in Railway-Replacement-Battalion Korneuburg (12 Jul 1915-09 Oct 1915)
Company-Commander in the Railway-Regiment (09 Oct 1915-26 Mar 1918)
Detached to the Royal and Imperial War Ministry (26 Mar 1918-25 Apr 1918)
Company-Commander in the Railway-Regiment (25 Apr 1918-01 Nov 1918)
Transferred into Railway-Replacement-Battalion Korneuburg (01 Nov 1918-00 May 1919)
Agent of the State Office for Army Affairs with the Italian Brigade-Command in Innsbruck (00 May 1919-01 Sep 1919)
Transferred to the Technical Volkswehr-Battalion in Korneuburg (01 Sep 1919-01 Sep 1920)
2nd Company-Commander in the 3rd Technical-Battalion (01 Sep 1920-01 Mar 1921)
Officer with the 1st Technical Battalion and Detached to the Railway-Technical Platoon in Salzburg (01 Mar 1921-01 Jun 1922)
Company-Commander in the 6th Technical Battalion (01 Jun 1922-11 Feb 1923)
Adjutant of the 6th Technical Battalion (11 Feb 1923-14 Nov 1925)
Director of the Equipment-Station of the 6th Pioneer-Battalion (14 Nov 1925-15 Jul 1927)
Company-Commander in the 6th Pioneer-Battalion (15 Jul 1927-01 Feb 1930)
Granted Leave Waiting Pay (01 Jul 1933-15 Mar 1938)
Transferred into the German Army (15 Mar 1938)
Major in the 8th Pioneer-Battalion (15 Mar 1938-15 Jul 1938)
Detached to the 85th Pioneer-Battalion (15 Jul 1938-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 68th Pioneer-Battalion (10 Nov 1938-01 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 1st Railway-Pioneer-Regiment (01 Sep 1939-25 Jun 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (25 Jun 1942-01 Jul 1942)
Detached to OKH/Chief of Army Armaments and Commander of the Replacement Army/Wa A (01 Jul 1942-1942)
Detached to Division-Leaders-Course at Hirschberg (1942-20 Feb 1943)
Detached to the 9th Army (20 Feb 1943-01 Jun 1943)
Commander of the 707th Infantry-Division (01 Jun 1943-01 Apr 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Apr 1944-05 Aug 1944)
Detached as Director of Processing-Office Centre to the Chief of Army Armaments and Commander of the Replacement Army (05 Aug 1944-12 Oct 1944)
Commander of Processing-Office Stalingrad in OKH (12 Oct 1944-08 May 1945)
In captivity (08 May 1945-24 Feb 1946)
Died in Captivity (24 Feb 1946)

Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (29 Oct 1943)


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