Rahden, Baron von, Wolfert (Infanterie-Reg. 311)

Date of birth:: May 27th, 1893 (Assern, Asaros, Riga, Latvia)
Date of death:: October 1st, 1943 (Darnitza / Kijew / Oseschtschina / Letki / Puchowka)
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Kiev-Syrez
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Oberst Wolfert Gerhard Baron von Rahden

1909: Kriegsschule Lignitz
1911: served in the Imperial Prussian Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment
May 1914: Leutnant, Führer, Aufklärungs-Bataillon - WIA 3 times
December 1918: demobilized as an Oberleutnant
1918: 1. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, Baltische Landeswehr, Latvian National Guard, Jelgava
February 1919: promoted to Rittmeister
July 12th, 1919: Major, Chef, Oberstab der Baltische Landeswehr - chief of staff, Latvian National Guard - Latgale front
1920: promoted to Oberstleutnant
April 1st, 1920-March 1921: Kommandeur, 13. Tukuma Infanterie-Regiment / 13. Tukuma kājnieku pulks
March 1921: retired
1922: rank of Oberstleutnant revoked and demoted to Hauptmann
1934: chairman of the association of ex-soldiers of the Baltic Landeswehr and 13. Tukum Infanterie-Regiment, member of the board of the German-Baltisches Volksgemeinschaft in Latvia / Deutsch-Baltisches Volksgemeinschaft in Lettland
1939: left Latvia as a Baltic German
September 1939: Oberleutnant der Reserve z.V., III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 311, 217. Infanterie-Division
June 18th, 1943: Hauptmann der Reserve z.V., Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 311, 217. Infanterie-Division
October 1ST, 1943/ reported MIA in the battles near Kyiv, Ukraine