content of Soldbuch found in drawer

[CAnnUK]

Content of Gunter Mullers Soldbuch

[HPL2008]

Here's the biographical- and service history the paybook tells us (I've left out the purely administrative entries on payment matters, issued kit etc.):


Personal data:
Günter Müller, born on 11 August 1925 in Klein Mochbern, county of Breslau as the son of Johannes Müller. Of protestant faith. Single. Occupation: student. Place of residence: Breslau.

Physical description:
1.87 meters tall, of slim figure, oval-shaped face, dark blond hair, dark brown eyes, scar on the left hand.

Promotions/Appointments:

• 1943 - Kanonier [i.e. a basic-level artillery private]
• 17 Jan. 1944 - appointed as a Reserveoffiziersbewerber [reserve officer candidate]
• 1 May 1944 - promoted to Gefreiter
• 1 Nov. 1944 - promoted to Unteroffizier [Corporal] and simultaneously appointed as a Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier der Reserve [Corporal-ranked reserve officer candidate]

Unit assignments:
Recruiting agency in charge:

• Wehrmeldeamt Breslau 2 [Draft Board Breslau no. 2]

Training/replacement unit:

• schwere Artillerie-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung (mot.) 54 [Heavy Artillery Replacement- and Training Detachment (motorized) no. 54]

Field units:

• 1./ schwere Artillerie-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung (mot.) 54 [1st Battery, Heavy Artillery- Replacement- and Training Detachment (motorized) no. 54]
• 2./ schwere Artillerie-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung (mot.) 54 [2nd Battery, Heavy Artillery- Replacement- and Training Detachment (motorized) no. 54]
• Heeres-Artillerie-Abteilung 988, Stabsbatterie [Staff battery, Army Artillery Detachment no. 988]
• Heeres-Artillerie-Abteilung 988, 2. Batterie [2nd battery, Army Artillery Detachment no. 988]

Treatment at military hospitals:
26 February 1945 to 27 February 1945 treated at the Reservelazarett Bad Polizin (Marienband satellite facility), transferred by hospital train. Admitted to Reservelazarett Heidenheim (Schlageterschule facility) on 5 March 1945. His right upper thigh was fractured by a projectile.

Awards and decorations:
12 March 1945 - Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz [Wound Badge in Black], awarded for the aforementioned wound at the Heidenheim hospital.

On home leave to Breslau from 20 Dec. 1943 to 4 Jan. 1944 and from 23 July 1944 to 7 August 1944.

[CAnnUK]

Here's the biographical- and service history the paybook tells us (I've left out the purely administrative entries on payment matters, issued kit etc.):


Personal data:
Günter Müller, born on 11 August 1925 in Klein Mochbern, county of Breslau as the son of Johannes Müller. Of protestant faith. Single. Occupation: student. Place of residence: Breslau.

Physical description:
1.87 meters tall, of slim figure, oval-shaped face, dark blond hair, dark brown eyes, scar on the left hand.

Promotions/Appointments:

• 1943 - Kanonier [i.e. a basic-level artillery private]
• 17 Jan. 1944 - appointed as a Reserveoffiziersbewerber [reserve officer candidate]
• 1 May 1944 - promoted to Gefreiter
• 1 Nov. 1944 - promoted to Unteroffizier [Corporal] and simultaneously appointed as a Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier der Reserve [Corporal-ranked reserve officer candidate]

Unit assignments:
Recruiting agency in charge:

• Wehrmeldeamt Breslau 2 [Draft Board Breslau no. 2]

Training/replacement unit:

• schwere Artillerie-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung (mot.) 54 [Heavy Artillery Replacement- and Training Detachment (motorized) no. 54]

Field units:

• 1./ schwere Artillerie-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung (mot.) 54 [1st Battery, Heavy Artillery- Replacement- and Training Detachment (motorized) no. 54]
• 2./ schwere Artillerie-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung (mot.) 54 [2nd Battery, Heavy Artillery- Replacement- and Training Detachment (motorized) no. 54]
• Heeres-Artillerie-Abteilung 988, Stabsbatterie [Staff battery, Army Artillery Detachment no. 988]
• Heeres-Artillerie-Abteilung 988, 2. Batterie [2nd battery, Army Artillery Detachment no. 988]

Treatment at military hospitals:
26 February 1945 to 27 February 1945 treated at the Reservelazarett Bad Polizin (Marienband satellite facility), transferred by hospital train. Admitted to Reservelazarett Heidenheim (Schlageterschule facility) on 5 March 1945. His right upper thigh was fractured by a projectile.

Awards and decorations:
12 March 1945 - Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz [Wound Badge in Black], awarded for the aforementioned wound at the Heidenheim hospital.

On home leave to Breslau from 20 Dec. 1943 to 4 Jan. 1944 and from 23 July 1944 to 7 August 1944.

Thank you so much for your time and effort HPL. Much appreciated !!