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    297 division pioneer wehrpass

    a friend has entrusted me with her late father's wehrpass, awards documents and photo album and i am trying to decipher them. her father was in the 1(?) pioneer battalion of the 297th infanterie division and won the ek 1 and 2 as well as the wound badge in black and assault badge in silver( all signed by general max pfeffer). he was wounded in russia in january of 1941 and left the division ( shot in the chest by a sniper while laying charges on a bridge, he detonated the charge before losing conciousness, lost a lung, awarded wound badge and ek1,). i am trying to decipher what happened next, the wehrpass states he was then in 'pi. erl. btl. 7', what does erl. mean? replacement?
    i will try to post photos.

    #2
    It should be Pi.Ers.Btl. 7 = Pionier-Ersatz-Bataillon 7 (Engineer Replacement Battalion 7).

    --Larry

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      #3
      Originally posted by mkb42h View Post
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      he was wounded in russia in january of 1941
      ...edit...
      Sure about that date? That'd be kind of odd...

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      Hank
      Unless it was nighttime, or the weather was bad, and you were running out of gas - then it was a sweaty nightmare, like a monkey f*ing a skunk.
      ~ Dan Hampton, Viper Pilot

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        #4
        Originally posted by Hank Cummings View Post
        Sure about that date? That'd be kind of odd...

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        Hank
        you're right, its october 21st 1941 in nowaja wodolaga.

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          #5
          I'd love to see the photos.

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            #6
            Originally posted by mkb42h View Post
            you're right, its october 21st 1941 in nowaja wodolaga.
            Nowaja Wodolaga (Novaya Vodolaga) is about 15-20km south-west of Kharkov.

            Jason

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