Article about: Hey all I have a luftwaffe Wehrpass which someone (Will) very nicely translated the key points on my youtube channel. Just sharing it here for you to see "From the personal information
I have a luftwaffe Wehrpass which someone (Will) very nicely translated the key points on my youtube channel. Just sharing it here for you to see
"From the personal information on page 3, his name looks like Walter Paul Diersche, born 13.12.1904, his religion is noted as Lutheran, he was married on 13.10.1935 and had one child. By trade he was a Schlosser and maschinearbeiter, which means he was trained as a locksmith and was a machine worker. On page 12 some of his units are 3./Kompanie Luftwaffe Bau Bataillon, which means 3rd Company Luftwaffe Construction battalion. 4./Batterie Schwere Flak Abteilung 365, which means 4th Battery of Heavy Flak Unit 365 and finally 1./Batterie Leichte Flak Abteilung 734, which means 1./Battery Light Flak Unit 734. Page 20 says Miliar Grundausbilding (Basic Military training) on Gewehr 98k. Page 21 shows his various training courses, eg Flak. On page 32 I can see he was in western France and participated in the war against England. I can see Ostfront and finally Italy. Leichte Flak Abteilung 734 was in Italy in 1944 so this fits in nicely. On page 46, the bottom two entries are for are Mütze (hat) size and Stiefel (boot) size. If you would like any of your documents translated head over to the warrelicsforum. They have a really good German documents section there"
I have orientated your photos and added a little extra information.
Page 2 -
The Wehrpaß was opened in Dresden on the 9th of May 1940.
Page 3 (personal information) -
I would read his name as Walter Paul Diersche, he was born on the 13th of December 1904 in Potschappel which is a municipality in the district of Freital, Dresden.
His religion is noted as Evangelisch-lutherische (Evangelical Lutheran), he was married (verh = verheiratet) on the 13th of October 1935 and had one child.
He was trained as a locksmith (Schlosser) and was a machine worker (machinearbeiter) by profession. At the bottom of the page it notes that his fathers namewas Paul and his mothers name was Marie.
Page 4 (information about the person) -
The top of the page shows he had his compulsory education (Volksschule) and below that are the details of his next of kin.
Page 5 (mustering) -
At the top right of the page it is noted that he was a conscript (Wehrpflichtiger) and he was classed as fit for war use (Kriegsverwendungsfähig).
Page 11 (active military service) -
He swore his oath on the 14th of September 1940.
Page 12 (units served in) -
2.9.40 - 10.10.40 - 3./Kompanie Luftwaffen Bau Bataillon 6/XIII
11.10.40 - 10.10.41 - Luftwaffe Baukompanie 2/1/XII
11.10.41 - 3.11.41 - A u E Stelle d L Kdos XII (Annahme und Entlassungsstelle der Luftgaukommando XII)
4.11.41 - 3.11.42 - 2./Kompanie luftwaffe Bau Bataillon 1/XII
22.11.42 - 31.8.1943 - 4./Batterie schwere Flak Abteilung 365
5.9.43 - 24.8.44 - Stab*/schwere Flak Abteilung 365
***44 - 1./Batterie leichte Flak Abteilung 734
Miliar Grundausbilding (Basic Military training)
Gewehr 98k
Page 21 - (training courses)
Einheit: Nr 902 - Lufwaffe Bautruppe Ausbildungszweige 906 Allgemeines Truppendienstpersonal
vom 11.12.40 - 16.5.41 Arbeitslaub (Unit: No. 902 - Air Force Construction Troop Training Departments 906 General Troop Service Personnel from 11.12.40 - 16.5.41 working holiday
7.9.40 - 10.10.40 - Fronttruppe (Operationsgebiet West)
11.10.40 - 10.10.41 - Verwendung im Einsatzgebeit Westfrankreich im Krieg gegan England
4.11.41 - 13.4.42 - Einsatz im besatzungsgebiet West Frankreich Kampf der Luftwaffe gegen England
14.4.42 - 21.11.42 - Einsatz im Operationssgebiet der Ostfront
22.11.42 bis Verteidigung Kriegs und lebenswichtiger Anlagen im heimatkriegsgebiet gegen Luftangriff. (Feindschuß an 13 tagen)
31.8.43 - Abwehr Englisher Großangriffe ??? Raum ???? München nacht 2/3.12.42
10.9.43 - 12.9.43 - Besetzgung der stadt Turin Und ????? Der Italianischen Truppen
13.9.43 bis 24.8.44 - Eingesetzt im Bereich der General flakartillerie süd zur Verteidigung der Bodenorganisationen und Kriegswichtigen Anlagen in Italien gegen Luft und Erdangriffe
7.9.40- 10.10.40 - Front-line troops area of operations west
11.10.40 - 10.10.41 - Used in the field of operations in western France during the war against England
4.11.41 - 13.4.42 - Deployment in the occupied territory of west France Battle of the Luftwaffe against England
14.4.42 - 21.11.42 - Deployment in the eastern Front area of operations
22.11.42 to - Defence of war and vital installations in the home war zone against air attack. (Enemy shot on 13 days)
31.8.43 - Defence against English large-scale attacks ??? area ???? Munich night 2/3.12.42
10.9.43 - 12.9.43 - Occupation of the city of Turin and ????? of the Italian troops
13.9.43 to 24.8.1944 - Used in the area of the General Anti-Aircraft Artillery South, for the defence of ground organisations and wartime installations in Italy against air and ground attacks
Thank you very much Will, this is fascinating stuff to read! Unfortunatley I couldn't find him on Grabersuche-Online | Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraberfursorge e. V. to get more info. Seems like he was certainly in the army for a while and this book really contains a decent amount of information about him. Thanks again
I could not find any information about Walter on Volksbund or Ancestry either. Based on his unit I would say that he was taken prisoner or surrendered in Italy and survived the war.
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