Date of birth:

February 3rd, 1915 (Bernkastel-Keus/Rhineprovince, Germany)

Date of death:

March 27th, 2006 (Bernkastel-Kues/Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
?: Gefreiter;
?: Unteroffizier;
?: Feldwebel;
December 1st, 1942: Oberfeldwebel

Career:
November 2nd, 1937: in service, s.M.G. Schütze, 8. / Infanterie-Regiment 105, Trier;
1938: Gefreiter, Gewehrführer, 8. / Infanterie-Regiment 105;
March 1st, 1940: Unteroffizier, Gruppenführer, 8. / Infanterie-Regiment 105;
October 34th, 1940: Gruppenführer/Kompanietruppführer, 8. / Infanterie-Regiment 266;
March 1st, 1942: Feldwebel, Zugführer/Kompanieführer, 8. / Infanterie-Regiment 266;
June 12th, 1942: Wounded and in Lazerett;
1943-1944: Ausbilder Grenadier-Ersatz-Bataillon 125, Trier;
1944: Zugführer Grenadier-Regiment 714;
March 16th, 1945: POW near Hausbach/Saar.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)

Unit:

Gruppenführer, 8. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 105, 72. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

March 20th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)

Unit:

Kompanietruppführer, 8. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 266, 72. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

September 21st, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)

Unit:

Kompanietruppführer, 8. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 266, 72. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

November 1st, 1941

Silver version.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)

Unit:

Kompanietruppführer, 8. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 266, 72. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

December 15th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)

Unit:

Zugführer, 8. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 266, 72. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

June 12th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)

Unit:

Zugführer, 8. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 266, 72. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

July 15th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)

Unit:

Zugführer, 8. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 266, 72. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

August 25th, 1942

The following wartime excerpt describes why Port received the Knight’s Cross…

“Feldwebel Johann Port… was decorated with the Knight’s Cross on the 25.08.1942 whilst serving as a Zugführer in an Infanterie-Regiment. He received this award for his actions during the offensive battles around Sevastopol in mid-June 1942. Here he managed to reenergize his Bataillon’s temporarily stalled attack on his own initiative, roll up the enemy’s trench system and then fend off all Bolshevik counterattacks.”

"Vorläufiges Besitzzeugnis" (preliminary document) presented on August 26th, 1942.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)

Unit:

Zugführer, Grenadier-Regiment 714 (Ost), 416. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

January 17th, 1945

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
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