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Rahden, Baron von, Wolfert (Infanterie-Reg. 311)

Date of birth:
May 27th, 1893 (Assern, Asaros, Riga, Latvia)
Date of death:
October 1st, 1943 (Darnitza / Kijew / Oseschtschina / Letki / Puchowka)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Kiev-Syrez
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German

Biography

Oberst Wolfert Gerhard Baron von Rahden

1909: Kriegsschule Lignitz
1911: served in the Imperial Prussian Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment
May 1914: Leutnant, Führer, Aufklärungs-Bataillon - WIA 3 times
December 1918: demobilized as an Oberleutnant
1918: 1. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, Baltische Landeswehr, Latvian National Guard, Jelgava
February 1919: promoted to Rittmeister
July 12th, 1919: Major, Chef, Oberstab der Baltische Landeswehr - chief of staff, Latvian National Guard - Latgale front
1920: promoted to Oberstleutnant
April 1st, 1920-March 1921: Kommandeur, 13. Tukuma Infanterie-Regiment / 13. Tukuma kājnieku pulks
March 1921: retired
1922: rank of Oberstleutnant revoked and demoted to Hauptmann
1934: chairman of the association of ex-soldiers of the Baltic Landeswehr and 13. Tukum Infanterie-Regiment, member of the board of the German-Baltisches Volksgemeinschaft in Latvia / Deutsch-Baltisches Volksgemeinschaft in Lettland
1939: left Latvia as a Baltic German
September 1939: Oberleutnant der Reserve z.V., III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 311, 217. Infanterie-Division
June 18th, 1943: Hauptmann der Reserve z.V., Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 311, 217. Infanterie-Division
October 1ST, 1943/ reported MIA in the battles near Kyiv, Ukraine

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
mit Schwertern
Ritter des Königlicher Preussischer Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
Triju Zvaigznu ordinas Kavalieris
Viesturs Orden, V. Class/Knight
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann der Reserve zur Verwendung
Unit:
Führer, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 311, 217. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
June 18th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1942
Medaille

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