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12 November 1917 : Vormeister August Ölz

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August Ölz was born on 1 September 1896 in the South Tyrol Called into service in mid-1915, after a spell in Serbia, he was destined to spend the remainder of his war as part of a mountain artillery battery based on the Italian Front. August was killed in action near Tezze, Italy on 12 November 1917 and buried nearby at the time. August's remai...


26 November 1917 : Unterjäger Bernard Halbeisen

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Bernard Halbeisen was born in 1895 and living in the South Tyrol. A builder before the war, he enlisted into the army in July 1914 and saw his first actions against the Russians in Galicia before moving to the Italian Front in late 1915 where he was to remain until his death. During this period, Bernard was to be awarded the Tapferkeitsmedaille...