Jirō Tamon
| Jirō Tamon | |
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General Jirō Tamon
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| Born | September 28, 1878 Shizuoka prefecture, Japan |
| Died | November 24, 1934 (aged 56) |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1905 -1934 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | IJA 2nd Division |
| Battles/wars |
Russo-Japanese War Siberian Intervention Second Sino-Japanese War |
Jirō Tamon (多門 二郎 Tamon Jirō?, 28 September 1878 – 24 November 1934) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the early Second Sino-Japanese War. He was noted as the commander in many of the operations of the invasion of Manchuria.
A native of Shizuoka prefecture, Tamon graduated from the 11th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1898, and served in the Russo-Japanese War. After the end of the war, he graduated from the 21st class of the Army Staff College in 1909. He was appointed Chief of Staff of the IJA 6th Division. After commanding the IJA 62nd Infantry Regiment and spending six months on tour in Europe, he was assigned to the IJA 27th Infantry Regiment based in Siberia in 1920 as part of Japan's Siberian Intervention during the Russian Civil War. During the conflict, he was assigned an independent command (the “Tamon Task Force”), which was part of the relief force for Nikolayevsk-on-Amur after the Nikolayevsk Incident.
Later, he was attached to the staff of the Sakhalin Expeditionary Force. Tamon commanded the IJA 2nd Regiment from 1921 to 1922. He was then Chief of Staff of the IJA 4th Division until 1924, when he was given command of IJA 6th Infantry Brigade.
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