Special training WP entry help needed!

[Radcollector]

Hello,

I was hopeing someone can tell me what the special training entry is for?also the second scan is on pg 28 ,what is this entry for?

thanks!
Yancy

[Radcollector]

wehrpass pg 28 entry

[stdub]

Hi!

This is what I can read from 1st. page:

23.10.1940 Wehrmachtsfuehrerschein II (army drivers licence II for trucks)

Feldkoch (army cook / field cook)

[Radcollector]

Hello,

thanks for the help!!does anyone have any ideas/comments on the Pg 28 entry-I was thinking since the man is Austrian(from Linz)maybe it was an entry for service in the Austrian military before it was annexed by Germany?? thats just a guess on my part!!

Yancy

[Gary T]

Pages 28/29 were used to record reserve service...and yes, they sometimes have previous service in the Austrian and Czech Armies. In your case however it is reserve service with the German army - Austria was annexed in March 1938.

[Radcollector]

Hello Gary,

thanks for the info!!do you know if members of the Austrian military (before it was annexed) were simply transferred to german units after 1938?

Yancy

[Gary T]

They weren't transferred to new units - the Austrian units were simply redesignated with new numbers and became part of the Heer as whole units.