Hello,
today I purchased Wehrpass of Flak 8,8 cm Kanonier, and I countered a few problems with translation of annotations in it.
Fritz Tegeder was IWW veteran, who served in 22. Field artillery Regiment in 1918. In 1936 he come to Wehrmacht as a volunteer and was trained in 10. Battalion od 4. Flak Regiment in Dortmund. He served in Luftwaffe artillery only in firs stage of IIWW (22/8/1939 – 9/9/1940). After that he was discharged (with Werpass I got document confirmed those fact – “Entlassungschein”), but I couldn’t find reason. In this period he was promoted to NCO position (Wehmeister). The last note in his Wehrpass was from 9/4/1945! He didn’t got any awards (except SA Sport Badge).
My translation problems:
Page 3 – his (some kind of teacher?) and his father profession?
Page 20 – he was skilled in Flak 8,8 cm handling, K98k, and what was KDO.-Gerate (some kind of artillery tractor)?
Page 21 – is that mean, that he was send for weekly course od NCO / Officer candidate?
Page 22 – what is the first promotion in his Wehrpass (it looks like Hauptgefereiterr-Anwarter, but I have doubts…) After Gefreiter, he got Reserve Officer Candidate (R.O.A.) position, but as I see, he didn’t become officer candidate, because he was promoted to NCO (Unteroffizier, and finally Wehrmeister).
Page 24 - wht does it mean "Kanonier (Hfa.)"?
Page 32 – unfortunately all his annotations about his “war adventures” for me are completely unreadable
And my last question: for what purpose was that pink document?
Thanks in advance!
Regards
Michael
today I purchased Wehrpass of Flak 8,8 cm Kanonier, and I countered a few problems with translation of annotations in it.
Fritz Tegeder was IWW veteran, who served in 22. Field artillery Regiment in 1918. In 1936 he come to Wehrmacht as a volunteer and was trained in 10. Battalion od 4. Flak Regiment in Dortmund. He served in Luftwaffe artillery only in firs stage of IIWW (22/8/1939 – 9/9/1940). After that he was discharged (with Werpass I got document confirmed those fact – “Entlassungschein”), but I couldn’t find reason. In this period he was promoted to NCO position (Wehmeister). The last note in his Wehrpass was from 9/4/1945! He didn’t got any awards (except SA Sport Badge).
My translation problems:
Page 3 – his (some kind of teacher?) and his father profession?
Page 20 – he was skilled in Flak 8,8 cm handling, K98k, and what was KDO.-Gerate (some kind of artillery tractor)?
Page 21 – is that mean, that he was send for weekly course od NCO / Officer candidate?
Page 22 – what is the first promotion in his Wehrpass (it looks like Hauptgefereiterr-Anwarter, but I have doubts…) After Gefreiter, he got Reserve Officer Candidate (R.O.A.) position, but as I see, he didn’t become officer candidate, because he was promoted to NCO (Unteroffizier, and finally Wehrmeister).
Page 24 - wht does it mean "Kanonier (Hfa.)"?
Page 32 – unfortunately all his annotations about his “war adventures” for me are completely unreadable
And my last question: for what purpose was that pink document?
Thanks in advance!
Regards
Michael
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