Heisuke Abe

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.

Military career

From To Appointment DD.MM.1907 27.05.1909 Military Academy 18.03.1933 05.03.1934 4th Depot Guards Infantry Regiment 05.03.1934 01.12.1936 Commandant of Cadets, Komamoto Army Training School 01.12.1936 19.02.1938 Commanding Officer Noncommissioned Officer Candidates Kwantung Army 19.02.1938 25.03.1938 Attached to Kwantung Army Headquarters 25.03.1938 05.12.1938 2nd Sector 8th Border Garrison Unit Commander 25.12.1938 01.08.1939 8th Border Defence Unit Commander 01.08.1940 13.07.1941 Commandant of Morioka Army Reserve Officers' Cadet School 28.07.1941 01.07.1942 20th Depot Division Commander 01.07.1942 11.06.1943 41st Division Commander, New Guinea 11.06.1943 – Dead of disease

Ranks Promotions Date of Award Military Rank 25.12.1909 2nd Lieutenant 02.03.1926 Major 01.08.1931 Lieutenant Colonel 01.08.1935 Colonel 10.12.1938 Major General 25.08.1941 Lieutenant General