Heisuke Abe

Heisuke Abe
Native name
阿部 平輔 / あべ へいすけ
BornDecember 18, 1886
DiedJune 11, 1943(1943-06-11) (aged 56)
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
Service years1909–1943
RankLieutenant General
Commands41st Division
ConflictsWorld War II
AwardsOrder of the Golden Kite 3rd Class

Lieutenant General Heisuke Abe (阿部 平輔, Abe Heisuke; December 18, 1886 – June 11, 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.