From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |February 24, 1882 -
December 16, 1948 (aged 66)| General Hayao Tada |Place of
birth||Sendai, Miyagi, Japan| |Allegiance||Empire of Japan|
|Service/branch||Imperial Japanese Army| |Years of service||1903
-1945| |Commands held||China Garrison Army.| IJA 11th Division,
IJA Third Army, North China Area Army Second Sino-Japanese War
|Awards||Order of the Golden Kite (2nd class)| Tada graduated
from the 25th class of the Army War College (Japan) in 1913. He
served as an instructor to the Chinese Army at the Beijing
Military Academy from 1926-1927. After returning to Japan, he
served as an instructor at the Army War College from 1927-1928,
before being give a field command as commander of the IJA 4th
Field Artillery Regiment in 1928. He was promoted to Chief of
staff (military) of the IJA 16th Division in 1930. Tada returned
to the Beijing Military Academy from 1931-1932. From 1932-1934,
Tada was Chief Military Advisor to the Empire of Manchukuo. From
1 August 1935 – 1 May 1936