Background
Mr. Ku was born in Lianshui, Jiangsu, China.
Mr. Ku was born in Lianshui, Jiangsu, China.
Ku Chu-tung was a graduate of Baoding Military Officers' College.
Ku Chu-tung was an instructor at the Whampoa Military Cadets' Academy. He acted as a Commander of 1st Division of the 1st Army of the Nationalist Revolutionary Army. Mr. Ku was a member of Jiangsu Provincial Government, member of the National Army Disbandment and Reorganization Commission of the National Government.
Mr. Ku also held the post of a Commander of the 2nd Division of the reorganized National Army. He served as a Commander-in-chief of the 16th Route Army of the Anti-Rebel Forces. He was a Commander of the 1st Division of the National Guards. From 1931 to 1933 he acted as a Chairman of Jiangsu Provincial Government. Since 1934 he took up the post of a Political Vice-Minister of War. Ku Chu-tung served as a Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Route of the Communist-suppression Forces between 1933 and 1934. He was a member of the Central Executive Committee of Kuomingtang since 1931. Mr. Ku also worked as a Pacification Commissioner of Jiangxi during 1934-1935. Then he was appointed Pacification Commissioner of Sichuan.