Wehrpass Fahnenjunker IR524 297.ID France Russia EK1

(D21906)
Ludwig Pointner, Sergeant officer candidate (Fahnenjunker Feldwebel) Army Infantry.

Wehrpass, 9.9.38.

Entitled to: Remembrance Medal for the 1st October 1938 (10.11.39), Iron Cross 2nd Class, Iron Cross 1st Class, Infantry Assault Badge (24.7.41). although not entered in the pass he will also have been awarded with a wound badge.

Born 1916. He served: Dec.38-Nov.39 with Infanterie-Regiment 133 in Wels, Sep.39 active in Poland; Nov.39-Feb.40 with Schützen-Ersatz-Bataillon 133 in Linz; Feb.40-Sep.41 with Infanterie-Regiment 524 of the 297.Infanterie-Divison, 1940 active in France (Somme, Aisne, Oise, Seine), 1941 active in Southern Russia (Cholm, Shitomir, Uman); he got wounded on 5.8.41 by shrapnell in his arm and was till Mar.44 attached to Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 135 in Linz; May-Oct.44 with Grenadier-E.u.A.-Bataillon „Hoch- und Deutschmeister“, replacements bataillon in Austria for the 44.Reichsgrenadier-Division „Hoch- und Deutschmeister“. He was Oct.44 found unsuitable for military service and discharged from military service.