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Elster, Wolfgang (Generalmajor)

Date of birth:
April 5th, 1897 (Leipzig/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:
February 15th, 1944 (Kriegslazerett 2/606 m. Odessa/Ukrainian SSR, USSR)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Kirovohrad
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
January 5th 1917: Leutnant;
April 1st 1925: Oberleutnant;
May 1st 1933: Hauptmann;
January 1st 1937: Major;
February 1st, 1940: Oberstleutnant;
March 1st, 1943: Oberst;
June 3rd, 1944: Generalmajor (posthumously).

Career:
1916: Armee;
October 1st, 1937 - October 16th, 1939: Kommandeur II. / Artillerie-Regiment 71;
October 17th, 1939 - April 9th, 1941: Gruppendirektor im OKH/In 4;
April 10th, 1941 - April 27th, 1941: Kommandeur Artillerie-Regiment 94;
April 28th, 1941 - March 31st, 1943: Kommandeur Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 27;
September 29th, 1943 - February 15th, 1944: Arko 121
February 1944: severely WIA near Nikopol Bridgehead
February 15th, 1944: DOW in the Kriegs-Lazarett 2/606 (mot.) near Odessa

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Awarded on:
1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Awarded on:
1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  3.Klasse, 12 Jahre
Awarded on:
1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  2. Klasse, 18 Jahre
Awarded on:
1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1941
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 3rd, 1941
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 10th, 1941
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 27th, 1941
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 18th, 1942

Silver version.
(Allgemeines) Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kdr, Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 27, 17. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
October 23rd, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Artillerie-Kommandeur 128, XXXX. Panzerkorps, Heer
Awarded on:
March 27th, 1944
posthumously awarded
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

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