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s.Art.Abt 711 (as opposed to Division which I don't think existed) and 62 Infanterie Division were both components of 6 Armee (Heeresgruppe Süd) in 1941 & 1942 so it is very possible/probable that the artillery unit was assigned to support 62 ID at some point.

Information on IR 133... http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanterieregimenter/IR133.htm

Here is some basic information on Pi.Btl 657 (taken from http://www.sturmvogel.orbat.com/pioniere.html ) Pionier-Bataillon 657 19 Jan 40 formed in WK XIII as "bespanntes Heeres-Pionier-Btl." 22 Jun 41 XXVIII Corps, Sixteenth Army, Army Group North 19 Jul 41 XXXVIII Corps, 18th Army, Army Group North 20 Aug 41 XXVIII Corps, Sixteenth Army, Army Group North Feb 42 Staraya Russa, X Corps, 16th Army, Army Group North 14 Mar, 4 Apr 42 X Corps, 16th Army, Army Group North 15 Jun 42 X Corps, Sixteenth Army, Army Group North 31 Aug 44 XXXVIII Corps, ? Army, Army Group North less 2 companies Lexikon entry... http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/PionierBat/PiBat657.htm ) As you can see from the EK II citation, around September 1942 it was attached to 81 Infanterie Division.

With Rudolf Lackner being a 'lowly' soldier (i.e. he didn't win any high end awards and never made a name for himself) the chances are that there will be no information on him. You could try contacting WASt for his personnel files (if they still exist) but they don't usually pass such details to non-NoK. There is a Feldwebel Rudolf Lackner listed on the Volksbund as having being killed on the 19th November 1944 in Vitebsk but without knowing 'your' soldier's date of birth there is no real way of knowing if it is him, especially as he would of had to of received rapid promotions as he was still an Obergefreiter in August 1944.

SS-Hauptsturmführer Hermann Kimmel Born: 15th Feb 1907 Died: 13th Jul 1943 - Killed in action at Klintschi Chef 6,/SS-Totenkopf Infanterie Regiment 3 Chef 11./SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 6 Image: Letter

The set keeps on getting better. It would appear that the only main pieces of paperwork you don't have (considering his personnel file was destroyed at Stettin) are the actual award citations, which he probably wouldn't of had on him when captured.

Generalmajor Werner Ehrig Born: 22nd Apr 1897 Died: 31st Jan 1981 Highest rank reached: Generalleutnant Bataillons-Kommandeur Infanterie Regiment 216 Ia im Generalstab 164 Infanterie Division Ia im Generalstab 15 Armee Chef des Generalsstabes LXXXVII Armeekorps Kommandeur 340 Infanterie Division Kommandeur 544 Sperr-Division bzw / Grenadier Division / Volksgrenadier Division Ritterkreuz - 26th May 1940 DKiG - 14th Jul 1944 Image: EK II citation

Generalmajor Wilhelm von Henning Born: 23rd Mar 1887 Died: 3rd Dec 1969 Kdr III./Infanterie Regiment 8 Kdr Infanterie Regiment 271 Kdr Wach Regiment Paris Kdr Sicherungs Regiment 1 Kdr Osttruppen z.b.V 710 Kdr Freiwilligen Stamm Division Kmdt Tr. Üb. Pl. Oxböll (Denmark) Kdr Russische Brigade 599 (Denmark) DKiG - 2nd Jan 1942 Image: Ostvolk Medal citation

Another example dated from October 1939 while commanding 4 Panzer Division. Image: EK I citation

Hauptmann Bernhard Müller Highest rank reached: Major Kompanie Chef 3./Pionier Btl 45 Image: Shooting Lanyard citation

Hauptmann Walter Heinrich Highest rank reached: Major Kommandeur Heeres Pionier Btl (mot.) 45 DKiG - 21st Feb 1944 Image: Eastern Front Medal citation (dated August 1942 - backdated)

Hauptmann Horst Drewitz 3./Pionier-Btl 45 Kdr Pionier Btl 45

Oberst Cord von Bülow Born: 29th Jun 1892 Died: 01st Mar 1942 - Killed in action at Vitebsk Highest rank reached: Generalmajor Kommandeur Schützen Regiment 12 Kommandeur Schützen Ersatz Regiment 83 Kommandeur Schützen Regiment 69 Kommandeur 10 Schützen Brigade

SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Gustav Gottwald Born: 17th Feb 1894 Highest rank reached: SS-Sturmbannführer SS-Führer beim SD-Hauptamt/RSHA Leiter II BdS Ukraine Totenkopfring der SS

Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Buck Born: 1st Apr 1903 Died: 24th Sep 1943 Chef 2./Inf.Rgt 33 Kommandeur Panzergrenadier Regiment 2 Ritterkreuz - 31st Jul 1943 Image: Drivers Badge In Bronze citation

Hauptmann Gerhard Wojahn Highest rank reached: Major Staffelkapitän 2./Küstenfliegergruppe 906 Staffelkapitän 4./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 Staffelkapitän 8./Nachtjagdgeschwader 101 Staffelkapitän 5./Nachtjagdgeschwader 102 stellv.Kdr II/Nachtjagdgeschwader 102 Staffelkapitän 10./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (Source: Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey)

Oberleutnant Karl-Hermann Zehm Adjutant Heer Pionier Btl (mot.) 45 Image: Drivers Badge in Silver citation

Oberst Walter Hollaender Born: 15th Oct 1903 Died: 8th Sep 1974 MG Btl 9 Kommandeur Sturm Regiment 195 Hollaender was half-Jewish Ritterkreuz - 18th Jul 1943 DKiG - 18th Oct 1942 Image: Ost Medal citation (dated August 1942)

Oberleutnant Naumann Staffelkapitän 8./SG-3 Image: Soldbuch & Flugbuch to FW-190 pilot in 8./SG-3

Generalleutnant Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher Born: 18th Nov 1888 Died: 7th Jan 1975 Kommandeur Infanterie Regiment 54 Kommandeur Brigade Lötzen Kommandeur 177 Infanterie Division Kommandeur 36 Infanterie Division Führer XXXXI Armeekorps Führer XIII Armeekorps Beauftragt. General b. Militärbefehslhaber in Frankreich Ritterkreuz - 13th Aug 1941 Image: EK II citation

Oberleutnant Rudolf Heuser Highest rank reached: Unknown but at least Hauptmann Kompanieführer 1./Fallschirm-Panzerjager-Abt 7 Kommandeur Fallschirm-Panzerjager-Abt 4 DKiG - 16th Aug 1943 Image: Soldbuch to a member of Fallschirm-Panzerjager-Abt 7

Oberst Theo-Helmut Lieb Born: 25th Nov 1889 Died: 20th Mar 1981 Highest rank reached: Generalleutnant Kommandeur Infanterie Regiment 27 stellv. die Führung 290 Infanterie Division stellv. Kommandeur 306 Infanterie Division Kommandeur 112 Infanterie Division Kommandeur Korpsabteilung B Kommandeur XXXXVII Armeekorps (Cherkassy) Kommandeur 34 Infanterie Division Earned the nickname 'Lion Of Cherkassy' in 1944 Ritterkreuz - 7th Feb 1944 Eichenlaub - 18th Feb 1944

Korvettenkapitän Günter Kuhnke Born: 7th Sep 1912 Died: 11th Oct 1990 Kdr U-28 Kdr U-125 Chef 10 Unterseebootsflottille U-Fl Chef 10 Kdr U-853 Chef 33 Unterseebootsflottille 11 ships sunk for a total of 42,252 GRT 1 Aux. Warship sunk (HMS Prunella) Ritterkreuz - 19th Sep 1940 Image: Letter to a dead sailor's family

Oberstleutnant Johannes Troitzsch Born: 9th May 1910 Stab (O1) 1 le.Infanterie Division Gen. Stab (O2) 5 Armee Gen. Stab (O2) 18 Armee Stab (Ic & Ib) 13 Infanterie Division Gen. Stab XXXIX Armeekorps Führer Reserve OKH Gen. Stab (Ic) 4 Panzerarmee Stab (Ia) 9 Panzer Division Führer Reserve OKH - D. r. Chef P3 Stab (Ia) 62 Volksgrenadier Division Führer Reserve OKH - D. r. Chef P3 Truppen-Kommando Image: Wehrpass to Johannes Troitzsch

Hauptmann d.Schupo Gustav Riebel Kompanieführer 3./Pol.Btl 322 Riebel commanded 3 Kompanie of Polizei Btl 322 (of Polizei Rgt Mitte) during the numerous attrocities carried out by his men in 1941 & 1942.