The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1812
Private Valter Oberst Record no. 000596 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 26 September 1812
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 000596
Record of service
- Name
- Valter Oberst
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 26 September 1812
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 25
- Regiment, same day
- 3 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 26 September 1812
1. The 2nd Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 8 May 1787, at Tarnmoor, The Capital District
- Civil occupation
- lawyer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: lawyer, of Tarnmoor.
Next of kin
| child | Ingrid Oberst | born 1812, died 1854 | weaver | |
| spouse | Elisabet Lenz | born 1787, died 1845 | farm labourer | married 11 May 1811 |
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.