AB64 Posted 3 May , 2022 Share Posted 3 May , 2022 Hoping for some help in understanding this Soldbuch that I have just picked up - the thing that interested me about it is that between the Wars he moved to England, marrying an English lady in 1935, in 1940 he was interned on the Isle of Man, when he was released it seems to have been to work with Napiers (who made aircraft engines), on 30 July 1944 he died with his death certificate noting ""due to War Operations" as the cause of death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 3 May , 2022 Share Posted 3 May , 2022 (edited) His vital statistics: Paul Friedrich Henduck Born 27 January 1896 in Schwerte, municipality of Hörde, State of Prussia. His parents: Emil Henduck, Händler [= Trader] and Dora Falke Living in Schwerte at Hellpothstrasse 11. This is Hellpothstrasse 9, so 11 would be next-door (you can see a sliver of that house on Google streetview, next to the white van) Nr 9 is now a restaurant https://daslokal.info/ Paul’s religion is Catholic He’s a “Dreher” [a Lathe operator] He’s single Edited 3 May , 2022 by JWK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knittinganddeath Posted 3 May , 2022 Share Posted 3 May , 2022 He was 1.80m tall with blond hair, boot size 29.5 cm. I think it says that his chin, mouth, and nose were all "normal" and that he had no particular identifying marks. He was promoted to Gefreiter on 7.7.17 and was awarded an Iron Cross 2nd class on 13.12.17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB64 Posted 4 May , 2022 Author Share Posted 4 May , 2022 Brilliant, thank you both for your observations, British Service books are my staple so I know those well, but move onto German bits and I'm totally lost. I'm working on other angles to try find about his later life in England and the cause of death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 4 May , 2022 Share Posted 4 May , 2022 He was also awarded the wound badge in black on 30.7.1918 but I can‘t find him in the casualty lists. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 4 May , 2022 Share Posted 4 May , 2022 He's in the Verlustliste of 19 april 1918 as Paul Heuduck: http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/4353975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB64 Posted 5 May , 2022 Author Share Posted 5 May , 2022 More excellent info, I also found confirmation that he was killed by a V1, thanks again for all the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 5 May , 2022 Share Posted 5 May , 2022 His complete name was Paul Friedrich Wilhelm Heuduck , born on 27th January 1897 at 1500hrs, and baptised on the 9th February in the St Marien church in Schwerte https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/paderborn/DE_EBAP_51816/KB013-01-T/?pg=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterheuduk Posted 16 June , 2022 Share Posted 16 June , 2022 Hi I was rather surprised to see this article. Paul Heuduk is my father my name is Peter Heuduk i and I live in Australia. My brother Paul passed away last year he lived in Hastings in Sussex, maybe this document comes from his estate I do not know. If at any time in the future you wish to sell this item I would be more than happy to pay a premium price for it. Here are some photos and documents that may be of interest for you to see. Paul in uniform in a group photo shoot, he is on the front row left side. Paul Heuduk portrait photo, Emily schwenger portrait photo. One marriage certificate, one census form for my mother's family. I obtained from his estate two photo albums which my niece in Canada informs me contains many old photos, I am happy to share these with you if they are of interest to you. Unfortunately they were sent to me second class and they have been sitting at Coventry for the last eight weeks, apparently they are having trouble finding a place on flights, probably the first class mail gets priority and this gets put back all the time. Originally there were five members in our family sadly I am the sole survivor. I was born in 1943 which makes me 79 years of age. Peter img20220616_18371051.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JWK Posted 16 June , 2022 Share Posted 16 June , 2022 Hello Peter! Welcome! I can imagine it came as a bit of shock seeing your father’s Soldbuch appearing on the internet, but I can assure you it is in good hands! Tagging @AB64 who will no doubt be véry interested. Lovely to see pictures of the person this Soldbuch belonged to. And when the albums finally make it down under: we’d love to see those pictures, so post away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB64 Posted 16 June , 2022 Author Share Posted 16 June , 2022 Hi Peter, That was a surprise, really good to see the photo of your Dad and the other info, the Soldbuch (and a few other bits) came up on eBay and had come from a house clearance, I'd imagine probably related to your brother. I'll drop you a PM when I get a minute tomorrow about the book and the other items Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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