Artillierie Reg 146 wehrpass

[Stewy S]

Hi people, here's another Art. Reg 146 wehrpass. Heinrich Gottheil served with Schw. Art. Abt 621 was equipped with a batterie of 10cm guns & two batteries of heavy Howitzers. It became part of Art. Reg 146 (16 Inf. Div). It later became part of the 116 Pz. Div. Fought in France, Italy & Hungary. He died of Dysentery on 21.9.42. He was awarded the Deutsche Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen & Winterschlact im Osten. Stewy

[Wagriff]

Dysentery....I think I'd rather have died on the Eastern Front...what a ghastly way to end up..and such a young age too.

[Stewy S]

Yes indeed William, my thoughts exactly on both counts. Stewy

[Combat Boots]

That is a great wehrpass Stewy! Lots of entries, stamps and a good photo. Nicely scanned or photographed. Wish I could read German Thanks for showing! Bob

[KMMorris]

Very nice Wehrpass, and what a terrible way to go.

[Witt]

Obergefreiter Heinrich Gottheil of 9./Artillerie Regiment (motorisiert) 146.



Name: Heinrich Gottheil
Date of birth: 23.3.1915
Place of birth: Coesfeld
Death/missing date: 21.9.1942
Death/missing place: Feldlazarett Elista

Died twenty minutes past the third hour of September 21 at the Feldlazarett in Elista. The cause of death is not listed, only that he is deceased.
Elista is in the capital of the Kalmückensteppe. It is about 270km directly south of Stalingrad.

There is no Volksbund entry for Heinrich Gottheil.

[Willmore]

A really interesting Wehrpaß which shows not all deaths were combat related.

I may be wrong but to me his cause of death looks like Am Diphterie gestorben (Died of diphtheria). For dysentery I would expect to see Dysenterie or Ruhr.

I think it should be spelt Diphtherie*

Diphtheria - Wikipedia

Kind regards,

Will.

[TWS]

I was starting to type up a post saying he died of diptheria (Diphtherie) not dysentery (Ruhr) but when I hit reply it jumped to the bottom and I see Will beat me to it.

Due to the date and location of his death, he was likely attached to 16th motorized division at the time.

Great Wehrpaß.