Wolkerstorfer, Oskar
- Date of birth:
- November 2nd, 1919 (Linz/Upper-Austria, Austria)
- Date of death:
- January 11th, 1971 (Linz/Upper-Austria, Austria)
- Service number:
- SS-Nr.: 353.112 // NSDAP-Nr.: 7.246.048
- Nationality:
- Austrian
Biography
00.00.1933-00.00.1934: Hitlerjugend
00.00.1934-00.00.1937: SA
00.00.1936: entered the NSDAP
01.01.1937: entered the SS, 37. SS-Standarte
00.06.1937: entered Germany
30.06.1937: SS-VT, SS-Bataillon "N"
00.04.1939-00.11.1939: SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig
00.11.1939-00.12.1939: course for platoon commanders
00.01.1940: SS Enlisted School "Totenkopf"
20.04.1940: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
00.06.1940: SS-Marschbataillon
00.07.1940: SS-Division "Reich"
01.12.1941: promoted to SS-Obersturmführer
00.04.1942-00.05.1942: SS Reserve Motorcycle Battalion
00.05.1942: SS-Division "Das Reich"
09.04.1943: DKiG
00.05.1943: SS training and reserve tank reconnaissance battalion, Ellwagen
00.10.1943: V. SS-Gebirgs-Korps
09.11.1943: SS-Hauptsturmführer
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Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, 15. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Der Führer", 2. SS-Panzer-Division 'Das Reich'
- Awarded on:
- April 9th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, 15. Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment "Der Führer"
- Awarded on:
- April 20th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
- Unit:
- Chef, 1. Schwadron, SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 105, V. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Armeekorps
- Awarded on:
- March 17th, 1944
Directly received the silver version without having received the bronze one.
Red Krune Kralja Zvonimira III.Stupnja s Macevima
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
Sources
- Photo 1: Gerhard Brand
- - DURANTE T.M., The German Close Combat Clasp of World War II, PaPJaY Publishing, 2007.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Besitzzeugnis Sonderabzeichen für das Niederkämpfen eines Panzerkampfwagens
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