Date of birth:

September 5th, 1907 (Kremsmünster/Upper-Austria, Austria)

Date of death:

March 8th, 1945 (Garden/Pommerania, Germany)

Nationality:

Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Josef Fau was reported missing in action on March 3rd, 1945 in the area near Garden in Pommerania, Germany. At that moment he commanded a Kampfgruppe of the 1. Marine-Infanterie-Division.

Career:
December 1939: Kompaniechef, Infanterie-Regiment 93;
December 1941: Stab, Kradschützen-Ersatz-Bataillon 3;
January 1942: Infanterie-Regiment 134;
April 1942: Kommandeur, Kradschützen-Bataillon 53;
September 1943: Kommandeur, Panzeraufklärungs-Ersatz-Abteilung 3;
September 1944: Führer, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 11;
February 28th, 1945: Kommandeur, Marine-Infanterie-Regiment 2;
March 6th, 1945: Führer, Kampfgruppe, 1. Marine-Infanterie-Division.

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• Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection
  
• - BÖLSCHER, B, An den Ufern der Oder, BoD – Books on Demand, 2014.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.