Arthur Eduard Otto Ernst Gustav von Gabain
(01.08.1860 - 06.03.1939)
place of birth:  Graudenz, Westpreußen  (Grudziadz, Poland)
Königreich Preußen:  KG,  Generalleutnant


Prussian general of infantry who commanded the 12th Infantry Brigade prior to War's outbreak. He then commanded a couple infantry divisions, and spent the final four months of the War as a corps-level commander. He was awarded the Pour le Merite in November 1917 and the oak leaves the following year. 

After the War, von Gabain briefly served as the Inspector General of military training and education and then was acting President of the German Empire's Court of Military Justice. He was of Huguenot ancestry, and his daughter Annemarie achieved some renown for research of the Ottoman Empire.

     
     
Generalleutnant  22.03.1918

Pour le Mérite  08.11.1917  (Eichenlaub:  17.04.1918)
 
 
 

  
 
Curriculum Vitae
   
14.10.1877 Sekonde-Lieutenant
14.10.1877 8. Ostpreußisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 45 - Insterburg
00.00.0000 Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin
22.03.1887 Premier-Lieutenant
18.06.1891 Hauptmann
27.01.1902 Major
00.00.0000 Königlich-Preußische Kriegsschule - Neiße  (instructor)
00.00.0000 5. Lothringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 144 - Metz/Diedenhofen
18.10.1907 Königlich-Preußische Kriegsschule - Danzig  (Director)
18.08.1908 Oberstleutnant
21.04.1911 Oberst
24.02.1911 1. Nassauisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 87 - Mainz  (Cdr)
03.05.1914 Generalmajor
03.05.1914 12. Infanterie-Brigade - Brandenburg an der Havel  (Cdr)
   
Great War
   
02.08.1914 12. Infanterie-Brigade  (Cdr)
06.05.1915 5. Infanterie-Division  (acting Cdr for General Wichura)
03.07.1915 12. Infanterie-Brigade  (return as Cdr)
04.04.1916 convalescent leave
12.09.1916 103. Infanterie-Division  (Cdr, replaced von Unger)
02.01.1917 17. Infanterie-Division  (Cdr, replaced von Minckwitz)
08.11.1917 Orden Pour le Mérite
22.03.1918 Generalleutnant  =  Exzellenz
17.04.1918 Eichenlaub zum Orden Pour le Mérite
31.07.1918 XXIII. Reserve-Korps  (Cdr, replaced Hugo von Kathen)
06.08.1918 X. Reserve-Korps  (Cdr, replaced Magnus von Eberhardt)
11.11.1918 Waffenstillstand von Compiègne  (Armistice)
30.09.1920 außer Dienst
18.12.1920 General der Infanterie  (charakter)
   
   
 

06.05.1914
 

 

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