On 25 October 1942, after promotion to Major General, he assumed command of the 33rd Infantry Division Acqui, stationed in Kefalonia, a post he held until 16 June 1943.

[7][8][9][10][11] On 15 August of the same year, after a short period at the disposal of the Florence Army Corps, he was sent to Albania as commander of the 151st Infantry Division Perugia.

General Chiminello, who according to survivors appeared tired and depressed, hid in the woods together with other officers until 3 October, when he decided to surrender to the Germans.

He was sentenced to death by a German drumhead court-martial and shot on the following day on a beach north of Sarande together with his chief of staff, Major Sergio Bernardelli.

Another 118 officers from the Perugia Division were executed between 5 and 7 October in Kuc and Sarande; the corpses were carried offshore and thrown into the sea after stones had been tied to their legs.