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World
War I Polish Casualties in the Austrian Legions |
The following list of information originates from a 72 page pamphlet
entitled:
List of Sick, Wounded, Killed, and Missing Legionnaires up to April
1915
printed by the Central Records and Recruitment Section of the Military
N.K.N (Naczelny Komitet Narodowy).
NOTE:
These were NOT Hallercyzycy from America, but were Poles recruited in
Austria before Haller's army was founded.
This pamphlet, obtained from a private collection, is written totally in
Polish and lists the names of over 4500 soldiers who fell under the
description of the title. The vast majority of those listed are Polish
with a significant smaller number of German and Jewish names. All
casualties appear to have dealt with those men in the Austrian army as
battles/cities as well as hospitals appear to be in those sectors of
Austrian Poland/ Galicia as well as Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria proper.
Each listing will usually have the following bits of information.
For those men killed, missing in action, or wounded, the city/ town of
battle where the occurrence took place as well as a date will be listed.
For those in hospital, the name, date and city of the hospital is usually
listed. Many times, BUT not always, a man's regiment, company and
battalion are listed. This is not true for all names. For officer's, their
rank will be listed. IMPORTANT** NOWHERE is there a listing of place of
birth, age, birth date, or names of any family members.
What information may be gained from these listings are a place/battle
where an ancestor fought and became a casualty, or a listing for a
hospital where they were taken for recovery. This may lead to Austrian
military hospital records. Of most importance are the regiment, battalion,
and company (when listed), as these are always requested when trying to
locate an enlisted man's recruitment papers through the Austrian Military
War Archives. Most of these records have been filmed by the Family History
Centers, but are not indexed. One needs to know the unit which a man
fought in to locate his paperwork.
Copies of each listing with a translation is available from Paul Valasek, paval56@aol.com
A note on the first page of the original document reads: "Note: the
Central Records Section takes no responsibility for the completeness and
accuracy of the reprinted lists of losses."
PDF
File
Sample of a listing:
(Orig) Alszer, Stanislaw, artlerya, chory, 14/I 1915 szp. Czerw. Krzyza Nr. 1
Radetskykas. w Wiedniu
(Trans)
Alszer, Stanislaw, artillery, sick, January 14, 1915, Red Cross Hospital
No. 1, Radetskykas in Vienna
K.k. allgemeines Krakenhaus, Wien IX/3,
Alserstrasse
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