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Hochbaum, Wilhelm (Panzer Regiment 33)

Date of birth:
August 3rd, 1898 (Egeln-Wanzleben/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:
June 12th, 1971 (Mittenwald/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
September 25th, 1917: Leutnant;
July 1st, 1920: Leutnant (RDA: -2-, Weimar);
April 1st, 1926: Oberleutnant (RDA -10-)
October 1st, 1933: Rittmeister (RDA -37-);
April 1st, 1937: Major (RDA -48a-);
January 1st, 1938: Major (RDA - 29-);
October 1st, 1940: Oberstleutnant (RDA -12-);
April 1st, 1942: Oberst (RDA -482-).

Career:
April 6th, 1910 - August 5th, 1914: Kadettenanstalt Naumburg;
March 3rd, 1917: Fähnrichtprüfung;
April 1st, 1924: 4. Kompanie, Reiter-Regiment 8, Namslau;
May 1st, 1925: 3. Kompanie, Reiter-Regiment 8, Militsch;
May 1st, 1929: 1. Kompanie, Reiter-Regiment 8;
May 1st, 1931: 3. Kompanie, Reiter-Regiment 8;
May 1st, 1933: Ausbildungseskadron, Reiter-Regiment 8, Brieg;
October 1st, 1934: II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 2, Ohrdruf;
October 15th, 1935: Panzer-Regiment 1, Erfurt;
October 7th, 1936: Chef, 8. Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 1;
October 12th, 1937: Stab, Panzer-Regiment 1;
November 10th, 1938: Kommandeur, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 35;
January 1942: Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 7;
April 1942: Führerreserve OKH;
July 27th, 1942: Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 33;
February 26th, 1947: formal resignation Wehrmacht, denazification process.

Wilhelm Hochbaum was seriously wounded near Rshew on November 29th, 1942. At that moment he served as Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 33 with the rank of Oberst.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
November 25th, 1917
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
December 8th, 1917
Kreuz für Verdienste im Kriege
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
August 26th, 1918
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
August 2nd, 1919
Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen 2. Stufe
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
August 2nd, 1919
Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen 1. Stufe
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
January 27th, 1920
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Rittmeister
Awarded on:
January 30th, 1935
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  2. Klasse, 18 Jahre
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1938
Haborus Emlékérem kardokkal és sisakkal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Kommandeur, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 35, 4. Panzer Division, Heer
Awarded on:
September 23rd, 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Kommandeur, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 35, 4. Panzer Division, Heer
Awarded on:
October 5th, 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Kommandeur, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 35, 4. Panzer Division, Heer
Awarded on:
October 18th, 1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 35, 4. Panzer Division, Heer
Awarded on:
July 23rd, 1941

Silver version.
Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 35, 4. Panzer Division, Heer
Awarded on:
February 14th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Panzer Regiment 7, 10. Panzer Division, Heer
Awarded on:
August 20th, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 33, 9. Panzer Division, Heer
Awarded on:
December 1942
Awarded for wounds received on November 29th, 1942.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber

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