Hoping for help understanding some Soldbuch entries

[Luft 76]

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The most interesting question for me, still open, is :
- Lt. Müllers units changed several times, but from 1.9.44 onward, he always has the same Kr.St.Nr. 8.
Does this imply, that he always stayed within the same company ?
(which afterwards would have been subordinated to different headquarters).
This would be the most important qestion for me.

Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions/ideas and best regards,

Archi

Hello Archi

I cannot help you for most of your questions, but the same KSt. Nr. shows indeed that he stayed in the same company, even if that one had changed of number, after transformation.

About «HvP. 84. ID», it is very probably an error, instead of 89.ID who was still in Norway also in may.
Good research !

[Ian Jewison]

Kartiekarte for Oberst Katzmann

[Archi]

Hello Luft76 and Ian !

Many thanks to both of you !

@Luft 76 :
- H.V.P. 84. ID : mixing up 84. with 89. ID seems to be a good explanation for the entry in May 44.
I wasn't aware that the 89. ID was in Norway.

- Thanks also for confirming the topic with him staying in the same company !

To explain a bit : Gren.Rgt. Wahn was formed with 3 btls., so the 10th company was the second co. of III./Wahn.
Very early in Oct. 44, I./Wahn was transferred to 84. ID and became Füsilier-Kp. 84 (or 184).
It seems, the companies in the two remaining batallions were internally renumbered, II./Wahn (with 1.-4.) and
III./Wahn (5.-8.). Then, at some time in Dec. 1944, it was decided that KGr. Katzmann became permanently assigned
to 84. ID as Gren.Rgt. 1062 (final redesignation in the SB).

@Ian :
That is excellent help also !
I could not find any information on him, except that he is mentioned as Hauptmann (RDA 1.1.36 (18))
(and likely Kp.Chef) of 8. (MG.)-Kp. Inf.Rgt. 57 (9. ID, WK IX) in the Rangliste of late 1938.
So I was already thinking about asking in the OOB subforum.

Two points might be interesting :
1.) In 1943, Oblt. Mueller must have participated in a course at Schule III f. Offz.Anw. d. Inf. (Potsdam),
(probably as Fahnenjunker ?!) when Oberstlt. Katzmann was a teacher there (SB p. 18/19).

2.) After he had been appointed Kdr. G.R. 951, in Sept. 1944, it seems that Ob. Katzmann was formally put into the
"Führer-Reserve" H.Gr. B on 12.10.44.
I always thought this would mean : temporarily out of action, while waiting for the next assignment.
However, here it says: Verwendung : Kdr. G.R. "Wahn".
And all evidence shows, that he was leading Rgt. Wahn/KGr. Katzmann/GR 1062 continously from Sept. 1944 to
at least March 1945.
This fact seems to be not only surprising to me , but it was also to Oberst Katzmann himself, as a captured letter
from him (listed in a G-2 report) states :
>> I was not aware, that I had been transferred to the Reserve of Officers of Army Group B. <<

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Now there is only one major question open :
- Who signed the entry on p. 3, confirming the promotion to Oberleutnant ?
a) it would be great if someone could make simply a guess on the signature (as I have some candidate names to compare)
b) it would also be a help, if someone could decipher, what is written behind the signature (rank/Dienststellung)

Thanks for all contributions so far and best regards,

Archi

[Archi]

Hello Floris !

If he was only lightly wounded at 5.2.1945 (most probarly by artillery I think) his opponents a few days later will be the Canadian Battalions 5th Black Watch and the 1/5/7 Gordon Highlanders.

I am sorry, I first overlooked your post, because it was on the other page .
That is very interesting (and very detailed) info as well. Many thanks !!

Best regards,

Archi

[Ian Jewison]

Page 3 looks like Hauptmann u. Kompanie Chef (Haupt Ko Chf)

As for a name....first I saw Stein....then I don't know

/Ian

[Archi]

Hello Ian !

Big thanks once more !

Rank and Diensstellung, was what I would have guessed too, but I was totally unsure, because of
the non standard abbreviations : Haupt. (instead of Hptm.) and Ko. Chf (instead Kp. Chf.).

I have two names begining with S :
Hptm. Sturm (but he was already Btl.Kdr. since Nov. 44 and can be excluded).
Hptm. Schroer (he replaces Hptm. Sturm at some time in Feb (?!)).

As practically all (known) Kp.Chefs (or Kp.Führer) in Feb/March are only Lt. or Oberlt., and if the replacing Officer
would have come from the same Btl., I think this could be a candidate ?!

However, there are of course many other possibilities as well ...

Thanks again and best regards,

Archi