Konrad Grallert von Cebrów (27 March 1865 – 1942) was a divisional commander in the

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Life

''Feldmarschall-Leutnant'' Konrad Grallert von Cebrów was born as Konrad Karl August Grallert in

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(

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) to Joachim Grallert (a prominent

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and

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) and Berthe Hoefler. His family moved to Arad in the

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n region of

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(now part of

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) in 1867. He was a qualified general staff officer and certainly by his appointment at the cadet school at Kraków in 1901 was already a member of the general staff. He was involved with the German attacks that were repulsed by the Russians on the Dvina and at Cebrow in Galicia on 9 March 1916. He was raised to nobility by Charles IV and received the right to use the name "of Cebrow” in 1917 or 1918. Konrad's older brother inherited the family business and after the war Konrad moved to

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, which is in Western Hungary today. He was the head teacher of a secondary school. He died in

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, 1942.

Promotions

* ''

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1. Classe'': 1 May 1896 * ''

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'': 01 Nov 1903 * ''

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'': 01 Nov 1907 * ''

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'': 04 Jan 1911 * ''

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'': 05 Dec 1914 * ''

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'': 08 Dec 1917

Appointments

* Senior Instructor Infantry Cadet School Lobzów near Craców: 1901 * Chief of Staff II Hungarian Landwehr District: 1903 * Chief of Staff 15th Infantry Division: 1909 * Commanding officer Infantry Regiment Number 101: Oct 1910 - Sep 1914 * Commander 64th Infantry Brigade: Sep 1914 - July 1916 * Commander 61st Infantry Division: July - Dec 1916 * Commander 74th Honvéd Infantry Division: Apr 1917 - Oct 1917 * Inspector of Replacements Craców 1918 - war's end

Decorations

* Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with War Decoration *

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2nd Class with War Decoration and Swords * Knight's Cross of the

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with War Decoration and Swords *

3rd Class with War Decoration and Swords * Bronze Military Merit Medal (Signum Laudis) with Swords *

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1898 *

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1908 *

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1912-13

References

1865 births 1942 deaths 19th-century Austrian people 19th-century Hungarian people 20th-century Hungarian people Austrian people of German descent Austrian people of Hungarian descent Austrian people of Prussian descent Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Hungarian nobility Hungarian people of German descent Military personnel from the Province of Prussia People from Arad, Romania People from Austria-Hungary People from Gusev {{Hungary-mil-bio-stub