Oberstleutnant Karl Urbanek

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Hello,

who knows more about this Austrian officer?

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Source:
Neue Warte am Inn [Braunau] of Sep. 15th, 1943; 63.Jahrgang, Nr.37, p.8
http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno? ... =8&zoom=33

The only thing I've found was from http://forum.panzer-archiv.de/viewtopic ... 727#202727:

Hauptmann (E) 01.11.34 URBANEK Karl (Stab W.E.I. Niederdonau) Oberstleutnant (01.07.42)

Why did he become a Hauptmann (E)? As far as I understand the Vienna address books he must have been an active Austrian officer before 1938.

Best regards
Torsten

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Urbanek Karl (20.01.1891 - 01.09.1943)

ÖBH1: Offiziersstellvertreter (IR 1)
05.07.1922 Einberufung i.d. Offz.Anw.Kurs Enns [VBl. 29/1922]
10.08.1925 Fähnrich [21] (IR 6) [VBl. 15/1925]
30.01.1926 Leutnant [12] (IR 6) [VBl. 4/1926]
30.01.1926 Oberleutnant (IR 6) [same date because until 1929 they did not make a difference in RDA]
01.11.1928 vers. als Olt. Vom IR 6 zur Kraftfahrkp. 6 [VBl. 19/1928]
01.05.1929 vers. zur Kraftfahrkp 1 [VBl. 5/1929]
21.04.1934 Silbernes Verdienstzeichen für tapferes und erfolgreiches Verhalten bei den Februarkämpfen [VBl. 10/1934]
28.12.1935 Hauptmann (1938: DKfAbt 1) [Schem1936]
15.10.1937 Militärdienstzeichen für Offiziere 2. Klasse [VBl. 12/1937]

DWM:
01.11.1934 Hauptmann E [5] (W.E.I. Niederdonau)
01.07.1942 Oberstleutnant [106]

SV, OD2, D3, ÖKM, ung.V.O.4.

Why (E)?

Most of the officers in W.E.I. and W.B.K. were installed as E-Offiziere in 1938. Some of them were transferred to DAL T or S later, others not.

Regards

Christian

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Prima!!!

That provides all the details for his time in the Austrian Bundesheer. Now we only need information on his further career in the Wehrmacht.

Many thanks to you,
Torsten