Ballerstedt, Ernst-Otto (Pz-Gren.Reg.160)
- Date of birth:
- September 11th, 1897 (Hannover, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 9th, 1943 (North Africa)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Friedrich Ernst-Otto Ballerstedt
Promotions:
26.09.1917 Fähnrich
01.01.1921 Oberfähnrich
01.10.1921 Leutnant (23)
01.10.1926 Oberleutnant (18)
01.02.1934 Hauptmann (6)
01.12.1938 Major (4)
01.10.1941 Oberstleutnant (30)
01.04.1943 Oberst (59)
Career:
08.04.1916: Officer candidate, WIA
26.08.1939-19.03.1942: Kdr - II.Btl./ Infanterie Regiment 115 (renamed Schützen-Regt. 115 in Nov. 1940)
03.1942-08.1942: Führer Reserve
10.1942: returned to North Africa to command Panzer-Grenadier Regt. 104
17.12.1942-03.02.1943: Kdr - Kampfgruppe Ballerstedt
20.02.1943-20.04.1943: Chef - Verteidigungsabschnitt Nord (Tunis)
21.04.1943: Kdr - Panzer-Grenadier Regt. 160
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- April 23rd, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- August 19th, 1920
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- July 15th, 1924
Sportabzeichen in Bronze
- Awarded on:
- August 2nd, 1926
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 14th, 1934
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 21st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 20th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 12th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 25th, 1942
Medaglia commemorativa della campagna italo-tedesca in Africa
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 20th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kdr, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 160, Division von Manteuffel, Heer
- Awarded on:
- May 13th, 1943
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