Heisuke Abe

Heisuke Abe
Native name 阿部 平輔 / あべ へいすけ
Born December 18, 1886
?, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan Empire of Japan
Died June 11, 1943
Wewak, New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Allegiance  Empire of Japan
Service/branch  Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service 1909-1943
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held 41st Division
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Order of the Golden Kite 3rd Class

Lieutenant General Heisuke Abe (阿部 平輔, Abe Heisuke, 1886–1943) was a senior officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was the Commandant of Cadets at the Komamoto Army Training School between 1934 and 1936, before being posted as the Commanding Officer Noncommissioned Officer Candidates Kwantung Army. He was the Commanding Officer of the 20th Depot Division when war broke out and was the Commanding Officer of the 41st Division in New Guinea in 1942. He died of illness, presumed to be Dracunculiasis at Wewak in September 1943.[1][2]

Military career

FromToAppointment
DD.MM.190727.05.1909Military Academy
18.03.193305.03.19344th Depot Guards Infantry Regiment
05.03.193401.12.1936Commandant of Cadets, Komamoto Army Training School
01.12.193619.02.1938Commanding Officer Noncommissioned Officer Candidates Kwantung Army
19.02.193825.03.1938Attached to Kwantung Army Headquarters
25.03.193805.12.19382nd Sector 8th Border Garrison Unit Commander
25.12.193801.08.19398th Border Defence Unit Commander
01.08.194013.07.1941Commandant of Morioka Army Reserve Officers' Cadet School
28.07.194101.07.194220th Depot Division Commander
01.07.194211.06.194341st Division Commander, New Guinea
11.06.1943-Dead of disease

Ranks Promotions

Date of AwardMilitary Rank
25.12.19092nd Lieutenant
02.03.1926Major
01.08.1931Lieutenant Colonel
01.08.1935Colonel
10.12.1938Major General
25.08.1941Lieutenant General

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