Born: 12.05.1916 in Audune le Tiche
Died: 21.10.1973 in Bedburg-Hau
Johann Kaufmann joined the military in the mid 1930´s and received his basic training in Dortmund,
transferred to the Panzertruppe and served with Panzerlehrabteilung Wünsdorf,
volunteered for service in the Spanish Civil War (Panzerabteilung "Thoma"), but was not allowed to go there because of his birth place in Lorraine (France after WWI),
transferred to Panzerregiment 1 and served during the Polish Campaign within Leichte Kolonne I,
left Panzerregiment 1 and served as a panzer driver with another panzer unit,
severely wounded at Rostov-on-Don in the Soviet Union,
was judged unfit for service and discharged from the army,
worked in Dortmund after leaving the hospital in 1942,
was bombed out by an allied air raid in 1943,
Johann Kaufmann surived WWII but needed medical treatment due to the effects of war until the end of his life
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