unit entry help needed

[Radcollector]

Hello,

i need some help with 3 unit entry's the first line i can read but what does that unit entry N.E.A 14 stand for - my best guess would be Nachr.Ers.e.Aus.??the second line i think is Artillery Nachricten Regiment 549?.?also can someone tell me what the 3rd and 4th row says?

[Ian Jewison]

6 Kompanie, Nachrichten Ersatz Abteilung 14, Glauchau
9 Kompanie, Armee Nachrichten Regiment 549
5 Marschkompanie, Nachrichten Ersatz (Abteilung) 4
6 Marschkompanie, Nachrichten Ersatz (Abteilung) 4

Armee Nachrichten Regiment 549
Under: 10 Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd (Poland) 6 Armee (10.10.1939): West until 19.2.1941 in Luftgau Westfrankreich with I./511, II./549 und III./520, then: 6. Armee/Heeresgruppe Süd, later B Südrußland (Stalingrad); Destroyed 1943 at Stalingrad.

/Ian

[Radcollector]

thanks for the info Ian,the battle entrys only go to Nov 1942,judgeing from the entry would he have been at Stalingrad?

[Ian Jewison]

thanks for the info Ian,the battle entrys only go to Nov 1942,judgeing from the entry would he have been at Stalingrad?

The date when he left ANR 549 is 3 months after it was officially destroyed, however chances are he was at Stalingrad and escaped, either the unit was not in the encirclement or he was actually in a Kampfgruppe of men from different units.....the latter are not usually noted on the units page but occassionaly on page 32.
However most of the time I have found November 1942 seems to be the date when records were kept up to date...after, 18.11.1942, if I remember correctly, everything starts to fall apart as far as keeping personal documents up to date!!!

Is this a replacement Wehrpaß? If so it is at least an indication that his first Wehrpaß was lost along with 6 Armee!!!

/Ian

[Radcollector]

Hello Ian,very interesting,this is actually a re-issue wehrpass,there is a note in the wehrpass about it being replaced from when all of A.R 114 's wehrpass were lost due to enemy activity,maybe a 3rd re-issue?this would be the second wehrpass out of the 21 i got from the 46 I.D group from a man who was at stalingrad,i still have 5 left that i need to research the units etc!the more information im finding out the more happy i am that i picked up that grouping!another thing that is interesting,after the 2 N.E 4 units he was transferred back to A.N.R 549 on 16.7.1943.

[brooksbz]

Interesting thread. I find that zweitschift Wehrpasses are more common from Stalingrad survivors. First issue Wehrpasses from soldiers from units listed as lost at Stalingrad are very rare.