WWII German Army Soldbuch – Gefr Robert Zilterer – Jäger Regiment 228 (101st Jäger Division) – Cross of Iron Movie

Description

Robert was born in 1924 in the area of Villach Austria, and was enlisted in the Army in 1943. 

He served with Gebirgsjäger Regiment 137 ( Training Company), then deployed with:

Jäger Regiment 228 (101st Jäger Division) fighting in Ukraine till he was delivered to hospital in November 1943. After a short stint in hospital and with a training unit he was deployed to another unit, Grenadier Regiment 360 again in Ukraine. But in January of 1945 he was involved in an accident on the front and admitted to hospital. 

He was sent back to Austria to recover in March of 1945, with GJ Ersatz Batl 139 in Klagenfurt Austria.  

Awarded the Wounds Badge in Black. 

Comments: The Soldbuch seems to be bloodstained, when that happened we will never know. I did try and find him on the Volksbund website as a KIA, but it seems he made it out of the war. 

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Interestingly the story about this unit was made famous by the Movie Cross of Iron, it was this unit depicted in the movie.