Sonderbataillon Hauck?

[webr55]

Does anyone know anything about a "Sonder-Bataillon Hauck" in WW1? The last living German veteran, Erich Kästner, is supposed to have served in that unit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_K%C3%A4...8WWI_veteran%29

Edited November 13, 2017 by webr55

[webr55]

I looked up the name Hauck in the 1914 RL: The only interesting Hauck in there is a Kriegsgerichtsrat. Could this Sonderbataillon have had anything to do with judicial service? Were there such units in WW1?

[Chris Boonzaier]

I dont think it fits in anywhere as a standard unit designation. Maybe they called themselves that internally?

[webr55]

Chris Boonzaier said:

I dont think it fits in anywhere as a standard unit designation. Maybe they called themselves that internally?

Yes, I think there is no other explanation. I thought because Kästner studied law, and this Hauck was a Kriegsgerichtsrat, maybe there is a connection.

Edited November 13, 2017 by webr55

[webr55]

New information has surfaced on Kästner, who died recently (http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24481). He was Saxon and was drafted after his Abitur in 1918 into an infantry unit, but did apparently not make it to the front. He also said that his commander was "Stallmeister" of the King of Saxony, whoever that might have been.

I cannot find a fitting Hauck in the Saxon army. However, it could have been Erwin Haucke, 1920 Hauptmann aD and St. Henry winner, originally from FAR 32.

Edited November 13, 2017 by webr55