Friedrich Wilhelm von Auer
Friedrich Wilhelm von Auer (* 18th October 1864 in Berlin , † 3. January 1918 at Origny, France ) was a Prussian major general , last commander of the 103rd Division in the First World War .
Friedrich Wilhelm came from the noble family von Auer . He was the son of the later Prussian major general Kuno Thassilo von Auer (1818-1895) and his wife Charlotte Viktoria Angela Agnes von Plocki from the Scharnigk family (born January 24, 1831 in Königsberg , † April 22, 1907 in Rudolstadt ).
Auer joined the Prussian Army as a Second Lieutenant in April 1882 . In the course of his military career he commanded the 1st Upper Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 167 as a colonel from 1913 . During the First World War, Auer was promoted to major general on January 27, 1916 and as such was commander of the 103rd Division from January 2, 1917. Auer fell in the fighting near Origny on the western front .
Individual evidence
- ^ Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 367632837 , p. 291, no. 2607.
- ↑ Ranking of the officers of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg Army Corps 1917. Ed .: War Ministry . Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Son . Berlin 1917. p. 6.
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| SURNAME | Auer, Friedrich Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1918 |
| Place of death | near Origny, France |