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[Heinmyname123]

My father kept his service to himself and would not talk about the war until he was much older

He was a prisoner of war at Kingsfold camp Billingshurst Sussex 

we have only recently received his documents from Germany ,

Here is his medical records my question is was he entitled to the Eastern Front medal ?

 

Surname: Hein

First Name: Erich

Identity disc: -9508- SSDF → SS «Der Führer» → since 1941 called «SS-Armoured-Infantry-Regiment 4

«Der Führer»» was a military assembly of the SS and nearly everywhere in action.

Date of birth: 3.8.1924 in Lindenthal

Formation: 7. Company oft he SS Infantry Regiment 10, motorised Rank: shooter

Reports:

Date of report

Type of report

Date of event

Event

6.3.1942

V/2

1.2.1942

Not transliterated

17.2.1942

V/2

3.1.1942

Reservist war hospital Polygonkaserne in Brest/Bug (today Belarus, close to Poland). Since 26.12.1941

freezings on both feet, transferred by military hospital platoon

18.8.1942

二二

30.1.1942

Transferred by military hospital platoon

18.8.1942

 

1.2.1942

Reservist war hospital in Montabaur (Germany, north of Frankfurt), flu. 3.3.1942 fit for duty sent with SS Infantry Reserve Battalion to Ost Breslau (Poland).

11.9.1943

=I

16.7.1943

SS military hospital in Minsk (Belarus) because of concussion. → Rest can't be transliterated (abbreviations)

5.1.1944

=I

3.8.1943

Abbreviations, could not transliterate

[Fritz]

Photos of documents/Papers?
Eastern Front medal was for Winterschlacht im Osten, 1941/42. Can be researched at Deutsche Dienststelle, Berlin, they have an internet page where you can contact them.