Hello guys,
This week I added another Panzer Lehr Division Soldbuch to my collection.
Ernst Rinortner (°1926) from Thomasroith (Austria) was a miner just like his father;on February 2 1944 he started his military service.
After hefinished his basic training in early October ‘44 he was assigned to the 4[SUP]th[/SUP]company of Panzer Grenadier Lehr Regiment 901; in June ’44 is issued a P38 pistol, this can suggest that he was a driver or vehicle crewmember, the PanzerLehr Division was a mechanized division.
In this period the elite Panzer Lehr Division was recovering from the heavy losses it had suffered in Normandy.
In the second half of November ’44 the Panzer Lehr Division is at the front again, now they counterattack an allied offensive in the Saar region, at the end of the month they are fighting against the 4[SUP]th[/SUP] USArmored Division; in the first week of December they are pulled back from the front.
During this retreat Ernst becomes the victim of an allied air raid (wound code 31d) and is admit to a field hospital on December 6 1944, he leaves the hospital on December 17 1944, the first day of the battle of the bulge.
On the morning of January 16 ’45, the 11[SUP]th[/SUP] US Armored Division breakthrough the frontline held by the 26VGD on both sides of the Bertogne-Houffalize road they reach the tiny village of Mabompré, there they surprise what is left over from Pz Gr Lehr Rgt 901.
The fighting is fierce and the men of KG Hauser succeed in blowing up a vital bridge just in time, nevertheless the Americans cross the small brook and occupy the woods north of Mabompré that day. It is on this day that Ernst is hit by an American bullet in the right lower leg, three days later he is admitted to a field hospital with a serious bullet wound and frostbite (wound codes 31a & 33).
He will remain in hospital until the end of the war; in 1946 he is working again as a miner.
Some interesting details you can see in this Soldbuch:
- Some moronic fool felt the need to upgrade this Soldbuch to Waffen SS service, the SS Kampfgruppe Hauser citation is a postwar fake entry.
- He was issued a helmet camouflage net (Tarnnetz).
- He entered the field hospital on January 24 ’45 without his gasmask, so he apparentlylost his gasmask in the battle of the bulge.
So go looking for gasmask D714…..
Another Soldbuch from the same regiment:
http://www.k98kforum.com/showthread...v-Soldbuch-set-WIA-in-the-battle-for-Bastogne
Cheers,
Peter
This week I added another Panzer Lehr Division Soldbuch to my collection.
Ernst Rinortner (°1926) from Thomasroith (Austria) was a miner just like his father;on February 2 1944 he started his military service.
After hefinished his basic training in early October ‘44 he was assigned to the 4[SUP]th[/SUP]company of Panzer Grenadier Lehr Regiment 901; in June ’44 is issued a P38 pistol, this can suggest that he was a driver or vehicle crewmember, the PanzerLehr Division was a mechanized division.
In this period the elite Panzer Lehr Division was recovering from the heavy losses it had suffered in Normandy.
In the second half of November ’44 the Panzer Lehr Division is at the front again, now they counterattack an allied offensive in the Saar region, at the end of the month they are fighting against the 4[SUP]th[/SUP] USArmored Division; in the first week of December they are pulled back from the front.
During this retreat Ernst becomes the victim of an allied air raid (wound code 31d) and is admit to a field hospital on December 6 1944, he leaves the hospital on December 17 1944, the first day of the battle of the bulge.
On the morning of January 16 ’45, the 11[SUP]th[/SUP] US Armored Division breakthrough the frontline held by the 26VGD on both sides of the Bertogne-Houffalize road they reach the tiny village of Mabompré, there they surprise what is left over from Pz Gr Lehr Rgt 901.
The fighting is fierce and the men of KG Hauser succeed in blowing up a vital bridge just in time, nevertheless the Americans cross the small brook and occupy the woods north of Mabompré that day. It is on this day that Ernst is hit by an American bullet in the right lower leg, three days later he is admitted to a field hospital with a serious bullet wound and frostbite (wound codes 31a & 33).
He will remain in hospital until the end of the war; in 1946 he is working again as a miner.
Some interesting details you can see in this Soldbuch:
- Some moronic fool felt the need to upgrade this Soldbuch to Waffen SS service, the SS Kampfgruppe Hauser citation is a postwar fake entry.
- He was issued a helmet camouflage net (Tarnnetz).
- He entered the field hospital on January 24 ’45 without his gasmask, so he apparentlylost his gasmask in the battle of the bulge.
So go looking for gasmask D714…..
Another Soldbuch from the same regiment:
http://www.k98kforum.com/showthread...v-Soldbuch-set-WIA-in-the-battle-for-Bastogne
Cheers,
Peter
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