Heisuke Abe
Native name
阿部 平輔 / あべ へいすけ
BornDecember 18, 1886
Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
DiedJune 11, 1943(1943-06-11) (aged 56)
Wewak, Territory of New Guinea
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1909–1943
RankLieutenant General
Commands held41st Division
Battles/warsWorld 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 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
11.06.1943Dead 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

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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