Heisuke Abe

{{short description|Imperial Japanese officer}}

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| name = Heisuke Abe

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| native_name = 阿部 平輔 / あべ へいすけ

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| birth_date = December 18, 1886

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|06|11|1886|12|18}}

| birth_place = Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

| death_place = Wewak, Territory of New Guinea

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| allegiance = {{flag|Empire of Japan}}

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| serviceyears = 1909–1943

| rank = Lieutenant General 35px

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| commands = 41st Division

| battles = World War II

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| awards = Order of the Golden Kite 3rd Class 50px

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{{Nihongo|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{{according to whom|date=May 2013}} to be Dracunculiasis at Wewak in September 1943.{{Cite web|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Abe/Heisuke/Japan.html|title = Biography of Lieutenant-General Heisuke Abe - (阿部平輔) - (あべ へいすけ) (1886 – 1943), Japan}}{{Cite web|url=http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/A/b/Abe_Heisuke.htm|title = The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia: Abe Heisuke}}