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The Field of Honour

This page is a memorial tribute to the soldiers, NCOs, and officers of the armies of Austria-Hungary.  During four grueling years of war, huge sacrifices in men were made, likes of which are simply impossible to fathom in the human mind.  The millions who were killed had faces, lives, friends, family, and individual stories.  However, all of this was often lost when the bodies were thrown together in the mass graves and the death lists were published in long, long unending rows in the newspapers. 

Austria-Hungary in particular paid a hefty price for its participation in the war.  By all accounts, 90 percent of all those who went into combat for the Habsburg cause were killed, wounded, captured, or went missing.  This terrible statistic is higher than Russia, France, Germany, and even Serbia.  And, it is vitally important in showing that the Empire--almost always categorised as a tottering, crumbling ancient edifice with no strength and no will to fight--consisted almost completely of loyal men willing to fight and die for their cause. 

Here are the statistics:

1,200,000 killed or missing
2,200,000 prisoners
3,620,000 wounded
7,020,000 total casualties
7,800,000 total mobilised

No decaying entity could possibly equip and send millions of men into the field and also sustain these heavy losses; and yet, Austria-Hungary had!  Still, the losses were for nought, as the Empire quickly and quietly separated into various successor states. 

One thing to notice is how many of the casualties are standard bearers for their units.  Carrying the colours made a soldier the most desireable target for the enemy, who hoped to inflict an insult on their opponents by shooting down their banners.  Also, consider that the many of the men listed below died after being wounded.  They succumbed to either disease or poor conditions under which they were cared for.  Medical technology was quite primitive compared to later wars, and death in the hospital bed was nearly as frequent as on the battlefield. 

The following men are but 77 lives out of 1,200,000 that were lost in the armies of Austria-Hungary, and thus represent 1 for every 15,584 men who were killed.  These photos and data are primarily from Czech regiments in the field, such as Infantry Regiments Leitmeritz No. 9, Pisek No. 28, and Vienna No. 99.  But in these regiments are many representatives of the 17 different nationalities that made up the population of the Dual Monarchy.

GWS, 8/01 [rev. 11/03]
Karl Ambrosius, oberstleutnant in the Honvéd Field Artillery Regiment No. 8.  He was born in 1863 in Nagyszeben, Szeben county, Hungary.  Ambrosius was severely wounded in the head when he was stuck by schrapnel during an engagement at Rohatyn on 29 August 1914.  He was taken to a makeshift hospital in the sugar factory at Chodorów, and succumbed to his injuries on 1 September 1914.
Lajos Azzola,
Cadet in the reserve of the Honvéd infantry regiment Lugos No. 8.  He was a certified farmer.  Azzola was killed by cossacks on 28 December 1914 while on reconnaissance to seek out the enemy camp in the Carpathians.  The Russians buried his body the next day.  However, on 3 January 1915, k.u.k. troops sent a message to the cossack officers, requesting Azzola's body.  Surprisingly, the cossacks consented and exhumed the corpse, shipping it across the trenches and into Austrian captivity.  Azzola was given a funeral, attended by off-duty officers, and was properly buried in the Catholic cemetary of Körösmezö, Hungary on 5 January.
Josef Basta, infantry soldier and lance-corporal in the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in Dablitz in Bohemia. He was killed on 22 October 1914 amidst the conflict at Skakaliste and Uzvece in Serbia. Actions at these places and Glusci were during General Potiorek's second invasion of Serbia. Glusci and Uzvece are the gateway to the Macva (the northwestern corner of Serbia that was hotly contested-for throughout 1914) from Serbia. Any Serbian effort to recapture the Macva was most easily done at Glusci and Uzvece, and at these places, men died by the thousands.
Josef Benes,
infantry reservist in the Landwehr infantry regiment Wien No. 99. He was born in Vienna in 1890. Benes was killed in action during the battle of Komarów on 31 August 1914.
Franz Blaznik, replacement reservist in the k.k. Landsturm infantry regiment No. 27. He was born in 1873 at Zaverse in Gurfeld, Carniola. Blaznik was a farm worker before the war. He was killed in the battle of Merkov in Bosnia on 5 October 1914.
Karl Böhm,
Landsturm infantry soldier of the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisak No. 28. He was born in Mirotitz in 1892. Böhm was a clock-maker's apprentice before he marched off to war. He fought in the action at Virawa in Hungary on 23 March 1915, but died of numerous wounds later in the same day.
Franz Cermak, replacement reservist in the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in 1885 at Kalischt in Bohemia. Cermak was a field plougher on a farm before the war. On 12 October 1914, he was severely wounded during the battles of Uzvece and Glusci in Serbia, and succumbed to his injuries one week later.
Josef Cerny II,
replacement reservist in the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in 1883 at Steinüberfuhr in Bohemia. Cerny was a tram conductor prior to war's outbreak. He was killed on 4 October 1914 at Uzvece and Glusci in Serbia.
Viktor Chitil, Oberst and commander of the infantry regiment No. 6. He was killed in Serbia sometime between 15 and 22 September 1914; a commander lost in the confusion.
Wenzel Chvala,
infantry soldier in the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in Neu-Cerekwe in Bohemia. Chvala was a miner before the war. During an action at Lazarevac in Serbia on 21 November 1914, Chvala was struck in his left leg by shrapnel. He was invalided to a hospital at Csaktornya, but infection claimed his life on 13 January 1915.
Hans Decker, lieutenant in the reserve of the field artillery regiment No. 26. He was then assigned to the field artillery division "S," battery 2. Decker was killed on 6 December 1914 at Krasne, south of Bochnia in Galicia.
Johann Dvorak,
reservist in the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in the village of Skrejsow, part of the community of St. Johann in Bohemia. He was a roofer by trade. Dvorak was wounded on 4 October 1914 during the action at Uzvece in Serbia. He died the next day at Glusci.
Dr. Wilhelm Ettel, lieutenant in the reserve of the 3rd regiment of the Tiroler Kaiserjägers. He was born on 23 March 1882 in Vienna. Ettel was a lawyer during peacetime. His regiment stormed Rzuchow on the San river on 14 October 1914, but he was killed after being shot in the stomach.
Dr. Richard Findeis,
lieutenant colonel in relation to the Landwehr infantry regiment Zara No. 23. He was born on 11 February 1880 in Vienna. Before the war, Dr. Findeis was a professor at the Vienna University. Beginning in 1912, he was the private tutor for Prince Max Hohenberg, who was the oldest son of the assassinated successor to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Dr. Findeis was killed on 28 September 1914, while ascending the heights of Mount Ploca near Vlasenica in Bosnia.
Wenzel Fort, reservist in Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in 1888, in the town of Pribram, Bohemia. Fort was an accomplished artist before the war started. He was caught in a withering fire from the enemy at Uzvece in Serbia, and finally met his death in combat near Glusci on 21 September 1914.
Hugo Frauenfeld Edler von Frauenegg,
captain in the 3rd regiment of the Tirol Kaiserjägers. He was shot in the knee by the enemy in Serbia, and taken to Vienna, where his leg was amputated. However, Frauenfeld died on Christmas Day, 1914.
Richard Freschl, lieutenant in the infantry regiment No. 99. He was born on 29 March 1889 in Krems an der Donau. He was killed on 30 August 1914, during a fight near Stary-Zamosc in Poland. Freschl's commander wrote to his father, "Your son directed an assault against Stary-Zamosc with his detachment in the highest noble fashion; he fell while advancing into an enemy-infested forest. His performance of duty was at the highest level, and has become our measure of honour."
Franz Gamerith,
infantryman in the infantry regiment No. 1, 15th company. He was born on 31 July 1885 in Flachen-Döllersheim, Lower Austria. Somewhere on the northern front, Gamerith was wounded and removed from battle to the royal military hospital in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia. He died of his wounds on 22 October 1914.
Adolf Gustav Geisler, reservist in the Landwehr infantry regiment Jungbunzlau No. 10. He was born in 1886 in the town of Hartau, Saxony. He was killed on 22 October 1914 at Sosnica in Galicia.
Dr. Adolf Geißler,
lieutenant in the reserve of the Landwehr infantry regiment Stryj No. 33, 9th company. He was born in 1884 at Nowytag, Galicia and became a lawyer. Geißler was killed in action on 21 October 1914 at Nisko on the San,while leading the charge on the enemy's frontlines.
Lajós Hahnenkamp, lieutenant in the Honved infantry regiment Nagykanizsa No. 20. He was born in Sopron on 15 September 1893. He was discharged from the Ludovika Academy in Budapest. Hahnenkamp was killed during the difficult struggle at Zamek on 7 September 1914.
Adolf Halir,
alternate reserve infantryman in the Landwehr infantry regiment Jicin No. 11, 2nd foot company. He was born on 10 November 1889 in Vienna. Halir died of an insidious disease on 1 November 1914 in a rest house at Kosienice near Przemysl.
Wenzel Hlavácek, replacement reservist in the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in Wotitz, Bohemia. Hlavácek was a blacksmith prior to the outbreak of war. During the march on Uzvece in Serbia, his regiment came under attack by the enemy and he was killed near Glusci on 7 October 1914.
Ernst Hoegel,
captain in the Landwehr infantry regiment Marburg No. 26. He was born in 1881 at Wolfsburg in Carinthia. On 30 August 1914, Hoegel was appointed commander of the machinist section No. 3. He was severely wounded when struck by shrapnel from an exploding shell. Hoegel died of his wounds on 1 September 1914 at the garrison hospital in Lemberg.
Viktor Hrabe, captain in the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born on 11 September 1878 in Iglau, Moravia. Hrabe was sent with his regiment to the Cer Planina to fight the first majour battles in the campaign against Serbia. He became commander of the 11th field company. On 16 August 1914, Hrabe charged Skakaliste in a fiery rush, only to die a hero's death near hut 248.
Zdenko Hruska,
reservist in the Landwehr infantry regiment Brünn No. 14. He was born in 1888, in the town of Oubenitz, Bohemia. Hruska was a bartender in Neubenatek before the war. He was killed on 16 October 1914 during the conflagration at Uzvece and Glusci in Serbia.
Antal Iszling, reserve infantryman in the Honvéd infantry regiment No. 30. He was born in 1885 at Denta, Hungary. Iszling took an active part in the defense of Przemysl, but was wounded during a Russian assault and died from them shortly thereafter.
Hugo Janus,
lieutenant colonel in the bosnia-herzegovinan infantry regiment No. 4. Janus was killed on 1 November 1914 near Grna Tarlów-Jagnin.
Josef Jarc, infantryman in the k.k. Landsturm infantry regiment No. 27. He was born in 1872, in the Tiefental. Jarc was wounded on 19 October 1914 during the battle on the Stupe near Sokolovic in Bosnia, and he died some time thereafter.
Franz Jerman,
Landsturm bombardier in the k.k. Landsturm infantry regiment No. 27 of the 9th field company. He was born in 1880 at Kälbersberg in Carniola. He was a peasant before the war. Jerman was killed on 9 October 1914, at Panjevi in Bosnia.
Peter Paul Kalal, reservist in the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in 1887, in Podoli, Bohemia. Kalal was a factory worker. After being wounded at Uzvece and Glusci in Serbia on 30 October 1914, he was taken to a field hospital, but he died on the way.
Ernst Karabaczek,
lieutenant in the reserve of the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in Vienna in 1885. Prior to the war, Karabaczek was trained as an engineer and machinist in Reims, France. His battalion took part in numerous battles in northern Serbia, such as Parasnica, Sevarica, Uzvece, and finally Glusci, where as company commander he was killed on 6 October 1914.
Wenzel Klima, replacement in the infantry regiment No. 99. He was born on 25 September 1889 in Neumühl, Moravia. Klima was killed on 9 September 1914, during the battle for Grodek in Galicia. He was the younger brother of corporal Johann Klima, in the same regiment, who was killed ten days earlier in the battle of Zamosc-Komarow.
Karl Klusacek, major in the infantry regiment No. 9. Klusacek was born in 1874 at Pirnitz, Moravia. Major Klusacek was part of the Przemysl garrison for many years, but afterwards travelled to Vienna to become a teacher at the Korpsoffiziersschule. On 1 August 1914, Klusacek was appointed to command the k.k. Landsturm artillery battallion No. 2/34 and was returned to his garrison in Przemysl. During the summer and autumn campaigns, he was noted to have fought in several engagements with the Russian enemy, and displayed a high degree of personal bravery. His leadership combined both caution and extreme cold-bloodedness. However, during an assault on enemy positions around Przemysl on 9 December 1914, Klusacek was shot many times and severely wounded. He was taken from the field to a hospital in the citadel, but succumbed to his injuries a few days later.
Rafael Ritter von Kremer-Auenrode, cadet officer in infantry regiment No. 97. On 20 October 1914, his company assaulted an enemy position on a mountainside near Nowe Miasto in Galicia. Only 30 paces from the Russian trenches, Kremer was hit in the arm and leg; he was invalided to a hospital where surgery was performed. Kremer-Auenrode died in Przemysl on 26 October 1914, after his arm was amputated. His father wrote of him, "Rafael's single wish was that he might enjoy a simple, healthy life after the war."
Franz Lazar,
attached to the Bosnia-Herzegovina Feldjäger battalion. He was born on 24 November 1888, in Gorenji Vrsnik, Carniola. Lazar died from internal bleeding in the lungs at mobile hospital 7/5, outside Bendzin, Poland.
Rudolf Lechner, reservist in the dragoons regiment No. 3. On 8 January 1915, Lechner was taken to field hospital 9/4 near Petrikau for an infection he had incurred while in the field. He died a few days later.
Albert Lukaschek,
lance corporal and standard bearer in the infantry regiment No. 27, part of the machinist section No. 1. He took a bullet in the liver during an engagement with the Russians and fell dead outside Ottenhausen in Galicia on 8 September 1914. Lukaschek was laid in the cemetary in Ottenhausen.
Karl Martinek, reserve infantryman of the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in 1882 in Vienna. He was an electrician before the war. Martinek took part in the battle at Uzvece in Serbia and was killed in action on 2 October 1914.
Franz Massek,
cadet in the Landwehr infantry regiment Kremsier No. 25. Massek was born on 4 October 1895 in Friedek. Although he was discharged prematurely on 15 October 1914, Massek was reactivated 18 December and accepted command of a company on 6 March 1915. However, he was killed in the Carpathians on 22 March.
Ljubomir Milisavljevic, cadet in the 3rd regiment of the Tiroler Kaiserjägers. He was born in 1895, in Paklenica, Croatia. Milisavljevic was killed on 27 February 1915, during the battle of the Dunajec in Galicia.
Dr. Ferenc Miskolczy,
lieutenant in the reserve of the Honved infantry regiment Szeged No. 5. Dr. Miskolczy was killed on 12 November 1914 at Janów in Galicia.
Ignaz Neuwirth, captain in the infantry regiment No. 88. Neuwirth was killed on 28 August 1914. The 88ers received their baptism of fire at the battle of Jarczow, east of Tomaszow. In this attack, carried out in open--sometimes swampy--unhindered terrain, Neuwirth pushed forward to the Russian lines, in spite of the tenacious opposition, and threw his men bravely against Russian infantry, machine-gunners, and artillerists. At the moment of victory, Neuwirth was struck in the chest by three bullets, and fell to the ground. As his life faded, Neuwirth saw his enemies retreating, and the fruits of his victory.
Karl Novotny,
soldier in the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in 1893 in the town of Krchowa Lomna, Bohemia. Prior to the war, he was a butcher's helper in Caslau. Novotny took part in a firefight, and died of wounds sustained at Sevarica on 27 October 1914.
Georg Ondracek, soldier in the k.k. Landsturm infantry battalion No. 29. He was born in 1875, in the town of Sebrowitz, Bohemia. Ondracek was a carpenter in Brünn before the war. He was injured and taken to garrison hospital No. 5 in Brünn, but died of his wounds on 13 January 1915.
Franz Orendi,
captain in the reserve of the k.k. Landsturm infantry regiment No. 1. He was a civil servant in the post and telegraph office before the war. Orendi was killed in action on 7 December 1914 at Arangjelovac (Lazarevac) in Serbia while leading his company in an assault against the enemy. Now, Arangjelovac was the focus of Serbian General Misic and his famous counterattack. Lazarevac was the scene of desperate retreat over the Kolubara river by the Austrians following Misic's successful counteroffensive.
Franz Pesl, replacement reservist of the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in Sedletz, Bohemia. Pesl was a piano maker before the war. He took part in the battle at Sevarica in Serbia, and was wounded. Pesl was taken to field hospital 1/8 in Arangjelovac (Lazarevac) but he died of his injuries on 12 December 1914.
Vitkor Philippovic Edler von Freudenberg,
Colonel in the infantry regiment No. 96, attached to the k.u. Landsturm. Philippovic was killed on 2 October 1914, during a violent engagement nearby Mitrovica. He was the commander of a battalion at the time.
Johann Pitscheider, soldier in the 4th regiment of the Tiroler Kaiserjägers, 2nd company. He was born on 3 April 1894, at Suracanius near San Cassiano. Pitscheider was killed on 10 February 1915 at Zdrochec in Galicia. He was shot twice in the heart, and later buried in a mass grave with his fallen comrades.
Josef Ladislaus Raith, reserve cadet in the infantry regiment No. 86, 13th company. He was born on 17 January 1892 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an officer in a post office savings bank before the war. Raith began his tour of duty as a one-year volunteer on 30 July 1914, and was sent to the southwestern front. However, on 4 September, Raith was taken to Galicia and assigned to Lieutenant Colonel Pfalz as a courier. He was made part of the information detachment in his regiment, and played an important role in dispatching messages during the battles of Chyrow and Sambor. However, on 12 October 1914, Raith was caught in the crossfire as his regiment advanced on a well-prepared Russian emplacement on a hill near Berczowa, and was shot in the right eye.
Emil Róth, lieutenant in the reserve of the fortress artillery regiment No. 6. He was born on 25 May 1880 in Budapest. Before the war, Róth was an engineer for the Waggon- und Maschinenfabriks AG of Györ. He was the commander of an artillery battery stationed outside Sandomierz on the Vistula. On the night of 14 September 1914, Róth's position was destroyed by enemy fire and he was killed instantly.
Friedrich Schlesinger,
lieutenant in the reserve for the k.k. Landsturm infantry regiment No. 24. He was born on 19 November 1874 in Vienna. Schlesinger joined the civil service in 1899 and later became a chief engineer for the Danube Regulation Commission. When his regiment attacked the town of Nowosiólka on 9 October 1914, Schlesinger was caught in enemy fire and killed.
Ernst Schmidt, one-year volunteer and standard-bearer in infantry regiment No. 73. He was born in 1894. Schmidt was a graduate of the science school in Böhmisch Leipa. He was wounded during the fight to retain Belgrade in early December 1914. Schmidt died in the reserve hospital on 29 December 1914 in Varazdin, Croatia, and was buried in the Varazdin cemetary.
Dr. Wilhelm Schneider,
lieutenant in the reserve of Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. From his first battle encounter, Schneider was wounded on 10 September 1914 when he was shot in the right shoulder outside of Mosty Maly, Poland. After recovering successfully, he saw a tour of duty in the Carpathians. At Sekowa near Gorlice on 18 March 1915, Schneider was shot in the chest and was killed instantly.
Raimund Seidl, retired major but reactivated and assigned to the k.k. Landsturm battalion No. 27, 2nd company. He was born in 1851 in Drewohostitz, Moravia. Seidl was wounded in battle on the northern front and taken to fortress hospital No. 8 in Krakau, where he died on 9 December 1914.
Michael Spanischberger,
infantryman in the 4th regiment of the Tiroler Kaisersjäger, 2nd company. He was killed on 2 April 1915.
Wilhelm Sterz, one-year volunteer and patrol leader in the 1st regiment of the Tiroler Kaiserjägers. He was born in 1892 and raised in Innsbruck. On 21 October 1914, Sterz was shot in the heart while on patrol outside Nowa on the San.
Johann Stukelj,
replacement reservist in the k.k. Landsturm battalion No. 27, 4th company. He was born in 1876 in Zaborst, Carniola. He was a harvester prior to the war. Stukelj was killed on 5 October 1914 during a battle near Merkov in Bosnia.
Ludwig Georg Szabó, lieutenant colonel in the Honved infantry regiment Brassó No. 24. He was shot in the head during a battle near Podwysokie and died on 9 September 1914. Szabó was 23 years old at the time of his demise. He was the brother of Rudolf, who is remembered below.
Rudolf Szabó,
lieutenant in the reserve for the infantry regiment No. 48. He was a professor at the Staatsgymnasium in Mako. Szabó was killed on 17 August 1914 while storming an enemy position on the Panosberg in Serbia.
Karl Teindl-Czech, captain and adjutant to the regimental commander in the k.k. Landsturm infantry regiment No. 2. He was killed on 11 Februar 1915 at Rona in the Carpathians while on a scouting reconaissance. Teindl-Czech's commander wrote of him that "he had an uninterrupted service on the front resulted in the fulfillment of his duties" and that "everyone held him in the highest esteem, both his comrades and his commanders."
Anton Tichy,
replacement reservist in the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. Tichy was born in 1890 in Diwischau, Bohemia, where he was a butcher by trade. He was killed on 20 November 1914 during a battle outside Lazarevac in Serbia, near where the vanguard of the third invasion was turned by the Serbian armies.
Franz Tschiedel, replacement reservist in the Landwehr infantry regiment Jungbunzlau No. 10. He was born in 1879, in Karolinenthal, Tirol. Tschiedel was a coachman before the war. He was killed near Tomaszow on 1 September 1914.
Wenzel Uhlik,
reservist in Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. Uhlik was born in 1886 at Sudomer, Bohemia. Uhlik was involved in the ferocious fighting around Arangjelovac (Lazarevac) and fell mortally wounded during a battle on 20 November 1914.
Branimir Uzarevic, lieutenant in the Honved infantry regiment Eszek No. 28. He was born in Eszek, Hungary on 10 October 1893. Uzarevic was killed near Dudovici in Serbia on 28 November 1914.
Ödön Vágó,
lieutenant in the reserve of Honved infantry regiment Versecz No. 7. He was born in 1886 at Budapest. Vágó was killed near Janów during the autumn offensive against the Russians.
Anton Vesely, replacement reservist in the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in Sudomeritz, Bohemia. He was a day-labourer before the war. Vesely was caught in a firefight outside Lazarevac in Serbia, shot in the stomach, and taken to a city hospital in Ujvidek, Croatia. Vesely died of his wounds on 9 December 1914.
Matthias Bartholomäus Vodnik,
gunnery chief in the infantry regiment No. 70, 16th company. He was born on 18 January 1889. Vodnik was killed on 18 August 1914 near Sabac, Serbia.
Richard Waldherr, lieutenant in the reserve of k.k. Landsturm infantry regiment No. 24., was born in Mährisch Krumau, Moravia. Waldherr was the k.k. chief surveyor before the war. He was involved in heavy fighting in the Carpathians and suffered serious wounds outside Stary Sambor. Waldherr was transported to a field hospital in Debreczen but died of his injuries on 8 December 1914.
Julius Walter,
replacement in the reserve of the Landwehr infantry regiment Linz No. 2. He was born in Vienna on 13 November 1891. Walter was a philosophy student at Vienna's university. He was killed on 21 November 1914 at an engagement near Wola-Kozikowa.
Josef Weissmann, lieutenant in the reserve of the Landwehr infantry regiment St. Pölten No. 21. He was born in 1881 at Korneuburg. Weissmann was killed sometime between 20 and 30 November 1914, at Pilica in Serbia.
Alfred Winter,
one-year volunteer, corporal, and standard bearer for the infantry regiment No. 100. He was born on 10 December 1892 in Jaworzno, Galicia. Winter was severely wounded by shrapnel from an exploding shell during the advance on Lublin. He was transported to a clinic in Krakau on 25 August 1914, but died of his injuries upon arrival.
Emil Woinovich Edler von Trebizatdol, captain in the Bosnia-Herzegovina infantry regiment No. 2. He was born in Belovar, Croatia. Woinovich was Director of the k.u.k. Kriegsarchiv in Vienna, and co-authored numerous books on the prosection of war before and during the early part of WWI, such as "Unsere Offiziere" and "Unsere Soldaten," including inspirational stories of soldiers killed in action. On 13 October 1914, Woinovich was shot in the arm. He recovered from this "light wound" and took part in the seizure of the heights surrounding Bukva in Serbia, but was killed there on 27 November 1914.
Ignaz Zach,
lieutenant in the reserve of the infantry regiment No. 48, and was born in 1886 at Ehrenhausen, Styria. While storming the heights of Glavica in Serbia, Zach was killed at 8:00 p.m. on 27 November 1914.
Josef Zahourek, reserve infantry soldier in the Landwehr infantry regiment Pisek No. 28. He was born in 1887 in Jenickova Lhota. He was the manager of his own small farm. Zahourek took part in the battle at Uzvece and Glusci in Serbia, and was killed there on 1 October 1914.
Adolf Zitka,
lieutenant major in the reserve of the infantry regiment No. 55, later attached to the Landsturm infantry regiment No. 14. He was born in Ungarisch Hradisch, Moravia. Zitka was a railway official prior to hostilities. On 21 October 1914, he was killed in action at Wola-Koblanska.
János Zöld, replacement infantryman in the reserve of the Honved infantry regiment Koloszvár No. 21. He was born on 5 May 1885 in Endröcz, Somogy county. Zöld was killed on 30 November 1914 at Arangjelovac (Lazarevac) in Serbia.