The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1964
Corporal Klaus Gerst Record no. 017833 · The 5th Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 11 June 1964
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 017833
Record of service
- Name
- Klaus Gerst
- Rank
- Corporal
- Regiment
- The 5th Marsh Regiment, depot at Tarnmund
- Date of loss
- 11 June 1964
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 37
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 11 June 1964
1. Entered from the depot at Tarnmund. 2. Reported lost on the Line by the regiment. 3. Confirmed by the Records Office and gazetted. 4. Pension papers issued to the next of kin at the rate for the rank.
Claim a casualty pension For the widow or widower, the parents or the dependent children. Roll number 17833. No fee.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 12 December 1926, at Wasserdorf, Westgau
- Civil occupation
- engineer
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a engineer of Wasserdorf before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| child | Dieter Gerst | born 1956 | soldier | |
| father | Hugo Gerst | born 1881, died 1951 | teacher | |
| mother | Helene Kaltz | born 1893, died 1954 | factory worker | |
| spouse | Hedwig Hallin | born 1926, died 1999 | shop assistant | married 29 April 1952 |
The persons entered above are the next of kin as given by the above-named on entering the regiment, corrected against the civil register.
Pension: the Ministry's pension under the War Widows Act and the Pensions Act is paid to the next of kin entered above, at the rate for the rank, from the first quarter-day after the date of loss.