Augusts Voldemārs Alksnītis
- Birth Date:
- 08.11.1902
- Death date:
- 22.02.1960
- Length of life:
- 57
- Days since birth:
- 44372
- Years since birth:
- 121
- Days since death:
- 23446
- Years since death:
- 64
- Extra names:
- Augusts Valdemars Alksnitis
- Categories:
- Legionary, Military person, WWII participant
- Nationality:
- latvian
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Sturmbannführer der Waffen-SS Augusts Valdemars Alksnitis
born: 8 Nov 1902 in Riga
died: 22 Feb 1960 in London, England (cancer)
Pre-war served in the Latvian Army as an officer in the 8. Daugavpils Inf. Reg., later as a Captain in the Armoured Reg.
Admin. Adjutant, Infanterieführer 15. Lett. SS-Freiw.. Division.
? - 4 Feb 1945: Kdr. I/ 32. W-SS Gren Reg
4 Feb 1945 -27 Mar 1945: Kdr. II/33. W-SS Gren Reg
27 Mar 1945 - ? : Kdr. I/ 32. W-SS Gren Reg
Acting Kdr. 33. W-SS Gren Reg (in Staf. Vilis Janums absence)
Surrendered to the British at the end of the war, was a POW in Zedelgem, Belgium and moved to the UK in 1947. Was head of the UK branch of the Latvian Welfare Organisation and Vice-Chairman of the Central Committee of the world-wide Latvian Welfare Organisation.
EK II: 24 Mar 1945
Source: Axis History
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