Background
Mr. Kao was born in Ting Pien Hsien, Shaanxi, China, in 1891.
Mr. Kao was born in Ting Pien Hsien, Shaanxi, China, in 1891.
Gen. Kao Kwei-tze graduated from the Chiang Wu Tang or Military Academy of Shaanxi in 1921.
After having served successively as a squad commander, battalion commander, and regimental commander, he became commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Guominjun (People's Army) in 1924. Mr. Kao was transferred as commander of the 5th Mixed Brigade of Yi Chun in 1926. In the same year, he was promoted commander of the 8th Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army.
In 1927, Kao Kwei-tze was promoted commander of the 19th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Since 1928 he was transferred as commander of the 47th Army, which in the same year was reorganized as 133th Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army, he being concurrently vice-commander of the 45th Division.
In 1929 Mr. Kao was transferred as commander of the 10th Independent Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army. The following year he served as a commander of the19th Division, which in the same year was reorganized as the 33rd Army and later as the 11th Division. In 1931 Kao Kwei-tze was appointed garrison commander of the 1st Division of the Cheng Tai Railway Defence Army. In November the same year he was transferred as commander of the 84th Division.