China....

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

I have an EK2 doc to this guy.......

Gefreiter Oskar R?sch

Prisoner Number: 2036

2. K III S. B. (2nd company 3rd Sea Battalion)

Japan POW Camp: Bando

Orginally from: Wittemberg Preussen

Can anyone point me in the right direction to find info about their short part in the war?

Thanks

Chris

[KIR]

Hello Chris,

he must captured by the battle against the fortress Tsingtau /China:

"Eins?tze des III. Seebataillons. Die gro?e Bew?hrungsprobe f?r das Bataillon kam mit der Verteidigung der Festung Tsingtau gegen die Japaner im I. Weltkrieg. Ab 16. August 1914 war das Schutzgebiet seeseitig und ab 28. September 1914 auch landseitig eingeschlossen. Von da an lag es unter dauerndem Beschuss und erlag in der Nacht vom 06. auf den 07. November 1914 den japanischen Sturmangriffen nach Verschie?en der letzten Munitionsbest?nde."

Source: http://www.marine-infanterie.de/html/4_10.html

This page (I think) you already know: http://www.tsingtau.info/index.html?namen/r.htm

Best regards,

Jens

[Claudius]

Also books:

The Japanese Siege of Tsingtau by Charles B. Burdick Published by Archon Books 1976

The German Prisoners-of-war in Japan 1914-1920 by Charles Burdick and Ursula Moessner Published by University Press of America 1984

(anyone who knows my interests must have known I was going to chime in somewhere on this thread )

Edited January 29, 2009 by Claudius