Soldbuch help Id

[peponne00]

Dear all members,

i have a few Soldbuch and Wehrpass that i would like to share with you guys, i don't know much about them but would like to know what you experts can tell me about it.

my german is close to "0" and my knowledge about germans documents is close to be not so good as well.

all help will be appreciated.

many thanks

Greg

[Eric JB]

What do you want to know ?

[peponne00]

hello

i would like to know the basic, units served, medals, injuries, details, combats zone,etc....

[peponne00]

up!

[Ian Jewison]

I am going to bed now as I have had a few drinks, however you will probably find the lack of responses are simply as you have posted an entire Soldbuch and you want to know what is in it!

Quickly....you have a Soldbuch to Obergefreiter Paul Schumann who served mainly with Artillery units.

Initially Construction Battalion 17 http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...BauBtl17-R.htm
Army Coastal Artillery Regiment 979 http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...lerie/HKAR.htm
Fortress Artillery Regiment 1313 http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/.../FAA1313-R.htm

If you get stuck try an online translator http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt

He was hospitalised with wounds as result of grenade or shell splinters and was released fit for his Replacement unit.

He was awarded the Russian Front Medal, Wound Badge in Black and War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords.

/Ian

[Eric JB]

Thank you Ian.

[peponne00]

thank you very much Ian , it is exactly what i was looking for to know, again thank you and have a good rest of saturday
cheers

[Gerdan]

Greg

as your guy was in the Reserve-Lazarett Schloss Hubertusburg from 2111.1943 - 10.2.1944
I want to show you the Castle Hubertusburg (it is located in the town of Wermersdorf near Leipzig ) in a picture.


http://www.chrmiessler.de/Bilder%20H...bertusburg.jpg


Gerdan

[Ian Jewison]

A bit more seeing as my kids made sure that I only had 6 hours sleep

20.12.1943 he received the Führergeschenk, a gift of food and tobacco coupons to take on leave with. This also consisted of bottles of wine and money on occassions. On this case he received it prior to going on Christmas leave 1943.

A little on his units in English.......

Bau-Bataillon 17
Formed with mobilisation on 26.8.1939 in Wehrkreis III. The Bataillon was formed fron a unit of the RAD and used as an independant Army Troops (Heerestruppe) unit. Initially the Bataillon was deployed with the 14. Armee in south Poland. On 8.2.1940 the Bataillon became part of the Wehrmacht. Afterwards the Bataillon was deployed in France with the 16. Armee. With the beginning of the campaign in the east the Bataillon was deployed with VII. Armeekorps under Heeresgruppe Mitte eingesetzt. By the end of 1941 the Bataillon the 4. Panzerarmee. Later the Bataillon was deployed in south Russia.
1943 the Bataillon recieved the 5. (Georgische) Kompanie. On 19.8.1943 the Bataillon was renamed as Bau-Pionier-Bataillon 17. May 1944 the Bataillon was destroyed near Sewastopol in the Crimea and on 27.5.1944 was officially disbanded.

Replacement unit: Bau-Ersatz-Bataillon 3.

Heeres-Küsten-Artillerie-Regiment 979 Formed 10.1.1943 in south Norway with 3 Battalions (Abteilungen) and 18 Batteries:
The 33. Batterie layed in Hisöen near Arendal and was equipped with four Geschützen 10,5-cm Kanone K 331 (f).

Heeres-Festungs-Artillerie-Abteilung 1313
Formed during September 1944 in Wehrkreis XII with three Batterien with a total of 27 x 7.5-cm Feldkanonen. The Abteilung was an independant Army Troops (Heerestruppe) unit with 1. Armee in the area of Trier.

/Ian

[peponne00]

Gerdan , thank you for the picture, it is nice to see somepicturelike this.

Ian, thank you for your help and detailed explanations about that soldier military compagnain.

cheers

Greg