Native name 阿部 平輔 / あべ へいすけ Battles/wars World War II Commands held 41st Division Rank Lieutenant General | Years of service 1909-1943 Battles and wars World War II Allegiance Empire of Japan Name Heisuke Abe | |
Awards Order of the Golden Kite 3rd Class Died June 11, 1943, Wewak, Papua New Guinea | ||
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Army | ||
Lieutenant General Heisuke Abe (阿部 平輔, Abe Heisuke, 1886–1943) 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.
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