Bio of Generalleutnant Hans von Donat

Generalleutnant Hans von Donat in 1945

Generalleutnant Hans von Donat
Born: 06 Jul 1891 in Stuttgart
Died: 11 Jun 1992 in Stuttgart

Promotions:
Fähnrich (14 Mar 1911); Leutnant (22 May 1912); Oberleutnant (18 Dec 1915); Hauptmann (01 Jan 1922); Major (01 Oct 1932); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1935); Oberst (01 Oct 1937); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1944)

Career:
Entered Army Service (14 Mar 1911)
Fähnrich in the 3rd Railway-Regiment (14 Mar 1911-01 Oct 1912)
Detached to the War-School Potsdam (10 Jul 1911-31 Mar 1912)
Recruitment-Officer in the 3rd Railway-Regiment (01 Oct 1912-24 Mar 1914)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion and Regiments-Court-Officer of the 3rd Railway-Regiment (24 Mar 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Adjutant of the Staff-Officers of Special-Purpose-Railway-Troop 3 (02 Aug 1914-10 May 1916)
Detached to Berlin for Tropical Weather Training and Schooling for use with the Railway Construction Special Company 5 in Turkey and travelled there (10 May 1916-10 Aug 1916)
Leader of the Motor-Vehicle-Column of the Railway-Construction-Company 5 (10 Aug 1916-01 Apr 1917)
Transferred to the Production-Administration of the Taurus-Field-Railway in Turkey (01 Apr 1917-08 Jul 1917)
Adjutant of the Staff-Officers of Special-Purpose-Railway-Troop 25, Turkey (08 Jul 1917-06 Jan 1918)
Transferred to the Staff of the Regiment-Commanders of Railway-Troop 2 in the Grand Headquarters (06 Jan 1918-21 Feb 1918)
Transferred to the 3rd Railway-Regiment, while retaining position in the Command of the Inspection of Railway-Troops (27 Feb 1918-07 Nov 1918)
Leader of the Reserve-Railway-Construction-Company 44 (07 Nov 1918-18 Dec 1918)
Transferred to the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 1st Railway-Regiment and Detached to the Inspection Of Railway Troops (18 Dec 1918-27 Feb 1919)
Transferred to the 3rd Railway-Regiment while retaining position with the Inspection Of Railway Troops (27 Feb 1919-10 Mar 1919)
Detachment-Leader with the Commander of Railway-Troops with Army-High-Command North, used as Recruitment-Officer for Border-Protection East (10 Mar 1919-10 Apr 1919)
Leader of the Volunteer-Railway-Construction-Detachment 2 with Border-Protection East (10 Apr 1919-01 May 1919)
Transferred into the 1st Reichswehr-Railway-Regiment and Leader of the Railway-Construction-Company 3 (01 May 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Leader of the Combined Railway-Construction-Company 1, 3 and 4, renamed 1st Reichswehr-Railway-Construction-Company (01 Oct 1919-25 Nov 1919)
Transferred into the 1st Reichswehr-Pioneer-Battalion (25 Nov 1919-13 Sep 1920)
Transferred to the Staff of the Commander of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Klausdorf-Speremberg (13 Sep 1920-01 Apr 1921)
Company-Leader in the 2nd Pioneer-Battalion (01 Apr 1921-01 Jan 1922)
Company-Chief in the 2nd Pioneer-Battalion (01 Jan 1922-16 May 1925)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the 2nd Pioneer-Battalion (16 May 1925-01 Oct 1925)
Pioneer-Officer with the Command-Office Pillau (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1927)
Detached to the RWM/Troop-Office/Transport-Department/T1T (01 Oct 1927-01 Feb 1928)
Transferred as Technical Advisor in the RWM/T1T (01 Feb 1928-01 Oct 1933)
Granted Leave (01 Apr 1933-30 Sep 1933)
Transferred to the Staff of the 6th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of Pioneer-Battalion Holzminden (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 19th Pioneer-Battalion (15 Oct 1935-01 Apr 1936)
Commander of Pioneers VI (01 Apr 1936-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of the 68th Railway-Pioneer-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-10 Oct 1939)
At the same time, Commandant of the Pioneer-Exercise-Grounds Rehagen-Klausdorf-Speremberg (10 Nov 1938-31 Jul 1939)
At the same time, Higher Railway-Pioneer-Commander with Army-Group South (01 Aug 1939-10 Oct 1939)
Higher Railway-Pioneer-Commander of Army-Group B (10 Oct 1939-01 Nov 1940)
Higher Railway-Pioneer-Commander for the Occupied Western Areas (01 Nov 1940-10 May 1941)
Higher Railway-Pioneer-Commander of Army-Group North (10 May 1941-01 Feb 1942)
Plenipotentiary General of the Chief of Transport-Affairs with the Reichs Transport Ministry, Eastern Branch, Warsaw (01 Feb 1942-20 Jul 1942)
Commander of the Railway-Pioneer-School Rehagen and at the same time, Commandant of the Railway-Pioneer-Exercise-Grounds Rehagen-Klausdorf-Speremberg (20 Jul 1942-08 May 1945)
At the same time, Railway-Pioneer-Inspector with the Commander of the Replacement Army (01 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-05 Jun 1947)
Released (05 Jun 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- RK II. Klasse des Kgl. Württembg. Friedrichs-Ordens mit Schwertern
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Türkische Silberne Liakat-Medaille mit Säbel
- Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2345703#p2345703
https://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalleutnant/DONAT_HANS.html