Drabich-Waechter, von, Günther (Oberst)
- Date of birth:
- July 18th, 1892 (Potsdam)
- Date of death:
- February 23rd, 1966 (Baden-Baden)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Oberst Günther Paul Konrad Hans Rudolf von Drabich-Waechter was the brother of Generalleutnant Viktor von Drabich-Waechter (1889-1944) and the uncle of Oberstleutnant Wolf-Dietrich von Drabich-Waechter (1923)
Promotions
08.08.1913: Leutnant - Patent 19.08.1911 (Q12q)
05.10.1916: Oberleutnant (V10v)
01.06.1934: Hauptmann - RDA 01.04.1933 (121)
18.01.1937: Major - RDA 01.01.1937 (40)
01.06.1940: Oberstleutnant (12)
01.02.1942: Oberst (18)
Career:
12.03.1912: Grenadier-Regiment 7, Liegnitz
06.05.1914: 1. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 7, Liegnitz
10.12.1914: Ersatzbataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 7
09.04.1915: persönlicher Adjutant, Prinz Oskar von Preußen
13.08.1919: retired
01.06.1934: Kraftfahrlehrkommando Ohrdruf
01.10.1934: I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 2, Ohrdruf
15.10.1935: Panzer-Regiment 2, Eisenach
06.10.1936: Chef, 1. Eskadron, Panzer-Regiment 2, Eisenach
12.10.1937: Kommandeur, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 15, Sagan
18.12.1939: Adjutant, 18. Armee
19.01.1942: Adjutant, Heeresgruppe Nord
10.06.1944: Führerreserve OKH (VIII)
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 16th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 4th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 22nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Adjutant, Stab, Heeresgruppe Nord
- Awarded on:
- May 12th, 1944
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