Labor Company Commander

[Bill Garvy]

Series AZh

Nr. 04242

Last name: Bondarenko
First name: Maksim
Patronymic: Stepanovich
Signature of booklet owner: [signed]
Nr. G-377784
Military ID issued on March 26, 1949
Name of the military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the city of Melitopol, Zaporozhe Oblast
City military commissar [signed]
Lieutenant Colonel /Filyayev/

I. Military particulars
1. Branch of service: Combined arms unit _____ [crossed out: “Infantry”]
Military specialty nr. 1/00012
2. Military rank: Senior Lieutenant
3. Reserve of the third category, 1st category, 3rd category
4. Duty position: Commander of labor company
5. Has to be registered until December 31, 1969

II. General information
1. Born on June 24, 1909
2. Place of birth (according to the new administrative division): Village of Peschanoye, Melitopol Raion, Zaporozhe Oblast
3. Party membership and period: Member of the Communist Party
4. Party membership booklet nr.: 05133911 [crossed out: “2268025”]
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Native language: Ukrainian
7. Knowledge of foreign languages: No
8. Social situation: Serviceman
9. Changes in party affiliation:
10. Education (note the full name of the educational institution and year of graduation):
a) General and special: 8 classes in 1924, village of Peschanoye
b) Military: Officers’ course in 1944
c) Political: No
11. Civilian specialty: Party functionary
12. Academic grade and decree: No
13. Family situation and family composition: Married. Wife: Nina Ivanovna Bondarenko, born in 1924. Daughter Alla born in 1941

III. Military service

Since when (month and year)
Until when (month and year)
Duty position
Military unit, formation, army, front, district
Whose order, number and date
Jun 1941 Apr 1943 Company politruk Department for Defensive Construction nr. 25, People’s Commissariat of Defense
Apr 1943 Oct 1943 Chief of the distribution record section Assembly and Transfer [?] Point of the Southwestern Front
Oct 1943 Nov 1943 18th Independent Reserve Officers Regiment
Nov 1943 Apr 1944 Student Officer training battalion
Apr 1944 Aug 1944 Commander of a motorized rifle company 56th Motorized Rifle Brigade, 23rd Tank Corps
Aug 1944 Oct 1944 Recovering from a wound Hospital nr. 24-70
Oct 1944 Jun 1945 Commander of a marching company 124th Reserve Rifle Regiment, 38th Reserve Rifle Division
Jun 1945 Dec 1945 Commander of a labor company 503rd Independent Labor Battalion (pf Prisoners of War)
Military commissar of the city of Melitopol
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Filyayev/


IV. Participating in the Great Patriotic War with Germany and the war with Japan

Since when (month and year)
Until when (month and year)
Duty position
Military unit, formation, army, front, district
Whose order, number and date
Jun 1941 Nov 1943
Company politruk Department for Defensive Construction nr. 25, People’s Commissariat of Defense
Nov 1943 Aug 1944 Company commander 56th Motorized Rifle Brigade, 23rd Tank Corps, 3rd Ukrainian Front
Aug 1944 May 1945 Company commander 124th Reserve Rifle Regiment, 30th Reserve Rifle Division, Transcaucasian Front

V. Remark about transfer to the reserve or retirement

Transferred to the reserve or retired (underline) in December 1945
From which unit (name) and position: Former commander of a labor company in the 503rd Independent Labor Battalion of Prisoners of War, Transcaucasian Military District
With the rank of (reserve or retired): Reserve Senior Lieutenant
Order nr.: Supreme commander of the Ground Forces nr. 02881 of November 26, 1949
Remark about the right to wear a military uniform with the special badges of distinction on the shoulder boards (specified in Order of the Ministry of the Armed Forces nr. 4 of January 31, 1947): Not nominated.
Signature: Military commissar of the city of Melitopol
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Filyayev/
January 4, 1950

VI. Wounds and contusions (where, when, extent of wound)
Severely wounded in the right side of the chest, 2nd Ukrainian Front [written with pencil: “When?”]

VII. Awards
Name of the order or medal, date and order or decree number
Medal for the Defense of the Caucasus, permanent certificate nr. 092220, issued on March 13, 1947
Medal for the Victory over Germany, certificate nr. Ch-0399520, issued on November 12, 1946
Order of the Red Star nr. 3591587

XI. Remark about health examination by a military-medical committee
During an examination on February 19, 1959 by the medical committee of the Military Commissariat of the city of Melitopol he was declared fit for military service.
Chairman of the committee [signed]

XII. Special remarks (about the mobilization draft, taking the military oath, registration elsewhere, etc.)
Passport issued on June 5, 1951
War participant certificate issued

XIII. Remarks by military commissariats about active registrations and removals from the records
Registered on:
By the Military Commissariat of the city of Melitopol, Zaporozhe Oblast, Gavr.[?] Military District
Signature: [signed]

XIV. Remark about removal from the records
January 3, 1965
Removed from the records by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the city of Melitopol, Zaporozhe Oblast
Reason: Reaching the age to be transfered to the reserve
Retired with the rank of retired Senior Lieutenant
Signature: [signed]
January 18, 1965

Separate note:


People’s commissariat of Defense
503rd Independent Labor Battalion of Prisoners of War
July 1, 1946
Nr. 15/16

Notification

Given to Senior Lieutenant Maksim Stepanovich Bondarenko, serving in the 503rd Independent Labor Battalion of Prisoners of War of the People’s commissariat of Defense, because he received one wound during the fighting for the Soviet Motherland.

1. Severe wound on August 22, 1944. [Report of] Evacuation Hospital nr. 2470 of October 28, 1944

Commander of the 503rd Independent Labor Battalion of Prisoners of War of the People’s commissariat of Defense
Major [signed] Vrasnov

My thanks to Auke for all his help with this!