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04-08-2021 11:54 AM
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a nice history of a young lad.
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Hi BlackCat
A very nice Wehrpass and you did a great job translating it too!. Thanks for sharing it with us.
The only things I can expand on
I’m reading his religion as ev. luth (evangelisch-lutherisch)
As for the training, I am reading Rechner and Richts???
I’m hesitant to say this, but I wondering if these could be devices or equipment used for artillery sighting or calculation.
Der Verein
On page 32 I read -
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26.12.1942 - Verwendung im Heimatkriegsgebiet
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27.12.1942 - Küstenschutz an der Mittelmeerküste
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Thank you for the observations and additions Willmore I appreciate you taking the time to look through it.
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One of my main areas of collecting is paperwork / photos etc to 29 ID (Mot ) , 29 Panzer Grenadier Division so nice to see this Wehrpass showing his post Stalingrad service with the Division .
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
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Thank you for the comments Paul D, sadly for young Georg there was no relief in joining the reformed 29th Pz Grenadier Division post Stalingrad. I will try to unearth more about him if I can.
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Minor correction: Lungendurchschuß = Shot through the lung.
Nice Wehrpaß. If he'd had service with AR 29 (mot.) at Stalingrad, I'd be trying to buy it from you.
Todd
Former U.S. Army Tanker.
"Best job I ever had."
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Thank you for the confirmation of injury, I had wondered what context he was injured in, being motorised artillery I had assumed that it was as an indirect result of enemy action i.e Shrapnel rather than a bullet wound.
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BlackCat1982
Thank you for the confirmation of injury, I had wondered what context he was injured in, being motorised artillery I had assumed that it was as an indirect result of enemy action i.e Shrapnel rather than a bullet wound.
It may be possible to search around and find out what kind of action his Batterie or at least Batallion was involved in on that day. However, an artillery man being shot was nothing too unusual. Often artillery units had to take up their personal arms and defend their firing positions against enemy that had broken through (and also crank their cannons down for direct fire). And there were also partisan ambushes behind the HKL, especially along the roads as a unit drove past.
But yes, more artillery men were struck by indirect fire, in particular when the enemy had located them and was applying counter-battery fire to try and silence their guns. The Germans were a bit better at that than the Soviets but the Red Army certainly did it when they could manage.
Todd
Former U.S. Army Tanker.
"Best job I ever had."
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BlackCat1982
Thank you for the confirmation of injury, I had wondered what context he was injured in, being motorised artillery I had assumed that it was as an indirect result of enemy action i.e Shrapnel rather than a bullet wound.
I have the Divisional Histrories of the Falke Division plus copies of the Divisional newsletter whilst they were in Italy i'll check them out to see if it sheds any light on that day .
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
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