Help understanding Militärpak

[Zeuner]

This was just found on one of our ancestors whom we know very little about. Please help us with any translations and making sense of this. Thank you so much!

Adding the last 3 pages

[LarsA]

Militärpass, military pass or the soldier’s book.

 

Lars

[GreyC]

Hi,

don´t have time to transcribe all of it.

In a nutshell:

Arthur Richard Zeuner, born 11th April 1895 at Schönberg, districtof Landshut, Prussia. Profession: barber.

Parents Heinrich and Rosalie Zeuner. Heinrich was a tailor.

Entered service 3rd May 1915 with recruits depot II of  II Ersatz Btl. IR 177 (Infanterie Regiment 177).

Transfered to 1. Komp. 2. Bataillon IR 177, 26.04.1916

Transfered to 2. Komp. 2. Btl, IR 177, 21.06.1916

Transfered to IR 182, 21.07.1916. In the field with 7th Kompanie IR 182 from 24th July 1916 till 1st Febr. 1917.

and MG Komp. iR 182.

Fought at the Eastern Front

Promoted to Gefreiter 20.06.1916. Later promoted to Unteroffizier 2nd Febr. 1918.

 

Hope it helps,

GreyC

Edited 22 September , 2020 by GreyC

[Jaeger6]

The fights at the Eastern Front took place in eastern Romania, mainly along the river Sereth and north of it. After the armistice at the Romanian Front he was transferred to Ukraine.

He received an Iron Cross 2nd class on 9 August 1917.

In September/October 1917 he suffered from dysentry.

Alfred was released from the army due to the demobilization on 2 February 1919. He moved to Dresden, Leipziger Str. 84 afterwards.

 

One thing that seems strange to me is that the country where he was born was named Kingdom of Prussia. To me it looks as Bavarian as it can be.

[GreyC]

It´s Landshut in Schlesien/Silesia.

GreyC

Edited 25 September , 2020 by GreyC

[AOK4]

13 minutes ago, GreyC said:

It´s Landshut in Schlesien/Silesia.

GreyC

 

To be correct, it's Landeshut, nowadays Kamienna Gora in Poland.

[Zeuner]

Thanks so much everyone. You are amazing and so helpful!

 

Good questions on Schönberg, districtof Landshut, Prussia. We thought he was born in Schömberg - a village close to Calw/Stuttgart in the State of Baden-Württemberg. Old German is so hard for me to read. Looking at his son’s birth certificate from 1895 it does say Schömberg, Kreis Landeshut but the stamp on it is Preuss.Standesamt. His father’s death certificate from 1900 lists Hündsfeld, Krs Öls, Eastern Prussian Province which is indeed Poland. You all may have just given us the biggest genealogical hint yet while filling us in on the military bits as well. Thank you!!

[Zeuner]

9 minutes ago, Zeuner said:

Looking at his son’s birth

That should be his birth! Oops

[AOK4]

58 minutes ago, Zeuner said:

Thanks so much everyone. You are amazing and so helpful!

 

Good questions on Schönberg, districtof Landshut, Prussia. We thought he was born in Schömberg - a village close to Calw/Stuttgart in the State of Baden-Württemberg. Old German is so hard for me to read. Looking at his son’s birth certificate from 1895 it does say Schömberg, Kreis Landeshut but the stamp on it is Preuss.Standesamt. His father’s death certificate from 1900 lists Hündsfeld, Krs Öls, Eastern Prussian Province which is indeed Poland. You all may have just given us the biggest genealogical hint yet while filling us in on the military bits as well. Thank you!!

 

Schömberg is nowadays Chelmsko Slaskie.

[charlie2]

His Aunt Karoline Rünkert, a housekeeper living at Ring 42 in Schömberg/Schlesien is recorded as an additional next of kin in his Militärpaß. The house belonged to Heinrich Schubert, a master cobbler. There is a 1911 address book for the area which may be of help to you.

http://www.merzdorf-im-riesengebirge.de/fileadmin/merzdorf/adressbuecher/abl_1911/abl.htm

 

Charlie