2nd class Order of the Crown of Thailand Document issued in 1942 to Major General Tadakazu Wakamatsu

Lieutenant-General Tadakazu Wakamatsu (Japanese 若松只一, March 8, 1893; November, 19, 1959).

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1939-08-01 Major-General
1942-12-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1936-08-01 – 1937-03-01 Senior Staff Officer, Military Service Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1937-03-01 – 1937-06-02 Attached to the General Staff
1937-06-02 – 1939-08-01 Military Attaché to Hungary
1939-08-01 – 1939-10-02 Attached to 3rd Depot Division
1939-10-02 – 1940-01-20 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 38th Division
1940-02-10 – 1940-11-19 Chief of Staff, 22nd Army
1940-11-19 – 1940-12-07 Attached to the General Staff
1940-12-07 – 1941-04-01 Head of 2nd Section, General Staff
1941-04-01 – 1942-12-22 Head of General Affairs Section, General Staff
1942-12-22 – 1943-10-15 Head of 3rd Section, General Staff
1943-08-18 – 1943-10-15 Head of 4th Section, General Staff
1943-10-15 – 1944-11-14 General Officer Commanding 46th Division
1944-11-14 – 1945-04-06 Deputy Chief of Staff, Southern Army
1945-04-06 – 1945-07-18 Chief of Staff, 2nd General Army
1945-07-18 – 1945-11-01 Vice Minister of War
1945-11-01 Retired

Rare and interesting awarding.

Wrongly translated name 若松只一 - Wakamatsu Tadaichi instead of the correct one Wakamatsu Tadakazu.

 

Rare signed photos /In March 1938 Tadakazu Wakamatsu was appointed military attaché to the Hungarian Legation. In August 1939 he was promoted to Major General/.