Heisuke Abe

Heisuke Abe
Native name
阿部 平輔
BornDecember 18, 1886
DiedJune 11, 1943(1943-06-11) (aged 56)
Wewak, New Guinea
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Branch
 Imperial Japanese Army
Service years
1909–1943
Rank
Lieutenant General
Commands41st Division
Conflicts
World War II
AwardsOrder of the Golden Kite 3rd Class

Lieutenant General Heisuke Abe (阿部 平輔, Abe Heisuke; December 18, 1886 – June 11, 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[according to whom?] to be Dracunculiasis at Wewak in September 1943.[1][2]

Military career

From To Appointment
DD.MM.1907 27.05.1909 Military Academy
18.03.1933 05.03.1934 4th Depot Guards Infantry Regiment
05.03.1934 01.12.1936 Commandant of Cadets, Komamoto Army Training School
01.12.1936 19.02.1938 Commanding Officer Noncommissioned Officer Candidates Kwantung Army
19.02.1938 25.03.1938 Attached to Kwantung Army Headquarters
25.03.1938 05.12.1938 2nd Sector 8th Border Garrison Unit Commander
25.12.1938 01.08.1939 8th Border Defence Unit Commander
01.08.1940 13.07.1941 Commandant of Morioka Army Reserve Officers' Cadet School
28.07.1941 01.07.1942 20th Depot Division Commander
01.07.1942 11.06.1943 41st Division Commander, New Guinea
11.06.1943 Dead of disease

Ranks Promotions

Date of Award Military Rank
25.12.1909 2nd Lieutenant
02.03.1926 Major
01.08.1931 Lieutenant Colonel
01.08.1935 Colonel
10.12.1938 Major General
25.08.1941 Lieutenant General

References

  1. ^ "Biography of Lieutenant-General Heisuke Abe - (阿部平輔) - (あべ へいすけ) (1886 – 1943), Japan".
  2. ^ "The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia: Abe Heisuke".

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