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    Help identify military ranks in a memorial board


    Larissa

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    Hello,

    I’m new to the forum and I thought I could find some help here with identifying military ranks written in Austro-Hungarian Prisoners of war memorial which I need to translate. I don’t understand german language and searching in google didn’t help me. Could you help me please with understanding and translating the memorial board?

    Here’s the picture. https://puu.sh/rGmxA/5d6d45049d.jpg

     

    That’s what I’ve found so far:

     

    Teucher Franz K.u.k. ?

    D?kalapos Josef K.u.k. ? Arzt (some sort of a medical?)

    Jezernicky Franz, K.ung. Honv ?

    Amler Antoh K.ung. Honv Lt. (Leutnant?)

    Priem Ernst, Kgl. Preuss. Lt.

    Arnold Heinrich Kgl. Preuss. Fldw. Lt. (Feldwebel Leutnant?)

    Kohanyi Koloman K.u.k. Fhnrch. (Fähnrich)

    Munch Gustav Kgl. Preuss. Off-Stellv. (Offiziers-Stellvertreter)

     

    K. u. K. Kaiserlich und Königlich (Imperial and Royal) Austro-Hungarian Army

    K. ung. Honv. Königlich ungarische Landwehr (Honvéd)

    Kgl. Preuss. Königlich Preussisch (Royal Prussian Armee)

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    Welcome, Larissa.

    Here's a start for you:

    Franz Teucher was a Lt. Colonel (Obstlt = Oberstleutnant).
    Dr Joseph Kalapos was a doctor with the rank of Colonel (Ob. Arzt = Oberstarzt). In 1912 he was attached to the 60th KuK Infantry Regiment.

    Others here will correct or/and add to what I have stated and, perhaps, give some IDs, I am sure.

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    53 minutes ago, Trooper_D said:

    Sommerfeld

    May I ask where the first image comes from, please? I note the discrepancy (LIR 84 and LIR 34) between the two sources but I imagine that the death notice is correct (perhaps a typo in the first source). 

    it is an error from

    Verlustliste

    Periodical Volume Date: 1916 
    * Date of Publication of the Item: 3.1.1916 Periodical Item Number: 348 
    * Page Number: 5 

     

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    Thank you for the replies.

    It’s a monument to German and Austro-Hungarian prisoners of the first world war built in 1916 and located in Khabarovsk, Russia. http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/80653/Mass-Grave-German-en-Austro-Hungarian-Prisoners-of-War.htm

    I wonder if it’s easy to trace the information on all of those persons using military records which would be great.

    Monument Austro-Hungarian POW.jpg

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    20 hours ago, Sommerfeld said:

    it is an error from

    Verlustliste

    Periodical Volume Date: 1916 
    * Date of Publication of the Item: 3.1.1916 Periodical Item Number: 348 
    * Page Number: 5 

    Thank you so much, Sommerfeld, for pointing me to this resource, which I wasn't aware of and which, after a quick investigation, I realise is an important source for anyone researching the Austria-Hungary forces in WW1. 

    For anyone who has never seen these Verlustlisten (Casualty lists) before, they can be accessed online via the links below. Each has a slightly different interface but each had its merits.

    State Library of Upper Austria (colour):
    http://digi.landesbibliothek.at/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:at:AT-OOeLB-1723425

    Austrian National Library (monochrome):
    http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=vll

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