12 September 1943 Part 2

12 September 1943 Island division specialist appointed to the Army signals depot

Extract: Oberfunkmeister Deiß of the 319th Infantry Division is appointed head of the Army signals equipment depot. Deiß is to be seconded to Army Signals Battalion 531 on 20 September 1943; the date for the other personnel is to be ordered separately. Instructions for setting up the depot will be issued by the Army Signals Commander.

Context: the depot at Sillé in the Sarthe was intended to concentrate dispersed stocks and simplify the collection and supply of signals equipment.

Editorial note: Oberfunkmeister is retained as the German specialist rank. This records an appointment involving the island division, not an operation on Jersey.

Original source image 00061.jpg — T-312 Roll 1563. Island division specialist appointed to the Army signals depot.

German Seventh Army records, NARA T-312 Roll 1563. T312_R1563_Jersey_and_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx. File 41703/36 • Scan 00061; corroborating activity entry in scan 00056. Local scan references identify the supplied image filenames, not substituted microfilm frame numbers.