Zehe, Walter

Date of birth:: January 16th, 1906 (Dietrichsdorf, Ostpreußen)
Date of death:: February 16th, 1945 (Landeck/Lędyczek, Schneidemühl/Piła, Poland)
Buried on:: German War Graves Posen / Poznań
Plot: 1. Row: 8. Grave: 216 - 224.
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

1926: Fahnenjunkers-Lehrgang
Reitende Art.Abt. 1 - Artillerie-Regiment 1
01.11.1930: promoted to Leutnant (7)
01.05.1931-01.05.1933: Ausbildungsbatterie / Artillerie-Regiment 1 (Königsberg)
01.07.1933: promoted to Oberleutnant (40)
01.04.1934: 12. (r) / Artillerieregiment 3 (Potsdam)
01.10.1934: Adjutant - Reitende Artillerie-Abteilung 5 (Insterburg)
15.10.1935: Adjutant - Reitende Artillerie-Abteilung 1 (Insterburg)
07.10.1936-10.11.1938: Chef - 3. / Reitende Artillerie-Abteilung 1 (Insterburg)
01.03.1937: promoted to Hauptmann (60)
01.11.1941: promoted to Major (46)
01.07.1944: promoted to Oberstleutnant (44)
1944: Oberstleutnant and Kdr Artillerie-Regiment 171 - 71. ID
01.1945: Artilleriekommandeur of Festung Schneidemühl/Piła
16.02.1945: reported MIA as Oberst and Führer of a Kampfgruppe when attempting to break out of Schneidemühl/Piła, Poland with Gruppe 'Remlinger'.

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