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Streit, Egon

Date of birth:
June 4th, 1908 (Vienna, Austria)
Date of death:
January 10th, 1979
Nationality:
Austrian

Biography

His name can also be written as Egon Streith.

Promotions:
December 17th, 1931: Wachtmeister;
September 25th, 1932: Leutnant (RDA -17-);
September 25th, 1936: Oberleutnant (RDA -14-);
March 14th, 1938: Oberleutnant (Wehrmacht, RDA: April 1st, 1934 -269-);
October 1st, 1938: Hauptmann (RDA - 77);
January 1st, 1942: Major (RDA - 433);
March 1st, 1942: Oberstleutnant (RDA - 82);
January 30th, 1945: Oberst (RDA January 1st, 1945).

Career:
September 23rd, 1935: Panzerwagenbataillon;
October 1st, 1938: Panzer-Abteilung 33;
October 1940: Abteilungsführer, Panzer-Lehr-Regiment Wünsdorf;
September 1941: I. Abteilung, Panzer-Lehr-Reigment;
April 1943: Kommandeur Panzerlehrgänge Erlangen / O.B.-Schule;
February 1st, 1944: m.d.F.b. Panzer-Lehr-Regiment;
May 15th, 1944: Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 33;
February 12th, 1944: Führerreserve OKH;
March 15th, 1944: Stab der Generalinspektion der Panzertruppen;
May 15th, 1944: Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 33;
September 25th, 1944: Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 1;
February 15th, 1945 - April 16th, 1945: m.st.F.b. Panzer-Regiment 1.

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Awarded on:
April 21st, 1934
Silbernes Verdienstzeichen für tapferes und erfolgreiches Verhalten bei den Februarkämpfen

Sources

  • - Barthou, P.A.; Der „Oberstenparagraph" im Bundesheer; Wien, Oktober 2007

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