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[Willmore]

10./Kompanie Infanterie Regiment Großdeutschland - Georg Wanninger

Name: Georg Wanninger
Date of birth: 09.06.1921
Place of birth: Penting/Main
Death/missing date: 09.10.1941
Death/missing place: Ossinowka-Nisnjaja
Service rank: Grenadier

His cause of death is noted as Unfall: Infanterie Geschuß Kopf - Verstorben (Accident: Infantry shot head - deceased)

Georg Wanninger has not yet been transferred to a military cemetery set up by the Volksbund.
According to the information available to us, his grave is currently in the following place : Ossinowka/Wikebsk - Belarus

Infanterie Regiment Großdeutschland -
Infanterie
Infanterie-Regiment (mot) Grossdeutschland

[Willmore]

Stabsbatterie./Panzer Artillerie Regiment Großdeutschland - Karl Michl

Name: Karl Michl
Date of birth: 27.04.1921
Place of birth: Michelsdorf
Death/missing date: 08.07.1943
Death/missing place: Bei Ssyrzewo
Service rank: Obergefreiter

His cause of death is noted as Gefallen: Artillerie Geschoß Herz (Killed in action: Artillery shot/shrapnel heart)

Karl Michl has not yet been transferred to a military cemetery set up by the Volksbund.
According to the information available to us, his grave is currently in the following place: Syrzewo - Russland

Artillerie Regiment Großdeutschland -
Artillerie-Regiment Großdeutschland - Lexikon der Wehrmacht

[BlackCat1982]

Interesting that the same printer was responsible for these last two sterbebilder Willmore.

[Willmore]

Interesting that the same printer was responsible for these last two sterbebilder Willmore.

Hi BC.

Thanks for pointing it out, I didn't notice that and looking at the casualty cards both men are from Kreis Cham which would explain why.

Cham (district) - Wikipedia

Kind regards,

Will.

[Willmore]

12./Kompanie Gebirgsjäger Regiment 99 - Ludwig Kammerer

Name: Ludwig Kammerer
Date of birth: 21.02.1921
Place of birth: Söflingen
Death/missing date: 19.10.1943
Death/missing place: Bucht von Ermonas/Korfu (Bay of Ermonas/Corfu)
Service rank: Obergefreiter

Ludwig Kammerer is buried in the military cemetery in Dionyssos-Rapendoza, Greece.
Endgrablage: Gruft 2 Reihe 13 Platte 12

His cause of death is noted as Verstorben: Rohrkrepierer, linke Schläfenseite, rechte Brust, Unfall (Deceased: pipe burst, left temple side, right chest, accident)

It appears that the term Rohrkrepierer refers to a situation where a round explodes in the firing tube or barrel of a mortar or artillery piece. One cause could have been a squib load.
Squib load - Wikipedia

The same cause of death can be seen in post #643 -
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2./Kompanie Gebirgsjäger Regiment 99 - Karl Dureder

Name: Karl Dureder
Date of birth: 02.01.1919
Place of birth: Pfarrkirchen
Death/missing date: 25.05.1942
Death/missing place: Nördlich Dmitrijewka
Service rank: Obergefreiter

His cause of death is noted as Gefallen: Infanterie Gescuß Kopf (Killed in action: Infantry shot head)

Karl Dureder has not yet been transferred to a military cemetery set up by the Volksbund.
According to the information available to us, his grave is currently in the following place: Dmitrijewka - Ukraine

[BlackCat1982]

I like the portrait on this one Willmore, the photograph quality looks good. The gaze that Karl has in this picture could almost be seen as a sign of resignation to fate.

[Willmore]

Here is a poignant four panel death card for two brothers who fell six months apart on different continents. The details of each brother are on opposite sides of the death card.




1./Kompanie Gebirgsjäger Regiment 98 - Sebastian Georg

Name: Sebastian Georg
Date of birth: 10.02.1922
Place of birth: Walding
Death/missing date: 04.06.1942
Death/missing place: Krass.Gussarowka a.Donez
Service rank: Jäger

His cause of death is noted as Gefallen: Infanterie Geschuß Kopf (Killed in action: Infantry shot head)

Sebastian Georg has not yet been transferred to a military cemetery set up by the Volksbund.
According to the information available to us, his grave is currently in the following place: Krassn. Gussarowka - Ukraine




2./Kompanie Pionier Bataillon (mot) 900 - Franz Georg

Name: Franz Georg
Date of birth: 16.10.1919
Place of birth: Walding/Obb.
Death/missing date: 21.12.1942
Death/missing place: 36 km ostw.Buerat
Service rank: Obergefreiter

His cause of death is noted as Gefallen: Durch Minen (Killed in action: Through mines)

Franz Georg is buried in the military cemetery in Tobruk, Libya, North Africa.
Endgrablage: auf diesem Friedhof



Pionier Bataillon (mot) 900 was part of the 90.leichte-Afrika-Division (Afikakorps) -
Pioneers in 90th Light - Feldgrau.net
90.leichte-Afrika-Division - Feldgrau

[Witt]

A very nice card and definitely a poignant one. The large Afrikakorps portrait of Franz Georg is nice. I suppose that durch minen means that he stepped on a mine.

Is it a front and back or a four fold card?

[Willmore]

A very nice card and definitely a poignant one. The large Afrikakorps portrait of Franz Georg is nice. I suppose that durch minen means that he stepped on a mine.

Is it a front and back or a four fold card?

Hi Ben.

I imagine he was in rush that day and didn't iron his shirt collar because you can see the creases on it. It is quite possible he stood on a mine, but being a pionier he may have been clearing mines and one detonated. The gefallen points to enemy action rather then an accident though.

It is a double sided, front and back, one fold death card. The picture I uploaded is actually a photo of both sides of the card, but I pasted them into the same image in paintbrush.