For Combat Merits,0295668,Sapper,64th Separate Sapper Battalion

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Record card

Order booklet nr. B-603536

1. Last name: Kushmanov
2. First name and patronymic: Umar
3. Military rank: Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1912
6. Place of birth: 3 Aul Soviet, Kzyl-Tom Station, Karmakshinsky Raion
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Kazakh
10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since 1943
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Rifleman in the 12th Guards Rifle Corps, Northwestern Front
12. Current place of service and position: Teacher at Fanfilov High School, Karmakshinsky Raion, Kyzylorda Oblast
13. Home address of the awardee: 3 Aul Soviet, Kzyl-Tom Station, Karmakshinsky Raion, Kyzylorda Oblast, Kazakh SSR

14. List of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal Serial number Number of the document Ground of award
Medal for Combat Merit 295668 Temporary certificate nr. 595985 Order of the 12th Guards Rifle Corps nr. 08 of June 2, 1943


Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Military commissar of the Karmakshinsky Raion
Senior Lieutenant [signed] /Aleksandrov/
October 9, 1947

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Award sheet

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Kushmanov, Umar
2. Rank: Private
3. Position and unit: Sapper in the 64th Independent Sapper Battalion, 12th Guards Rifle Corps
Nominated for: Medal for Combat Merit
4. Year of birth: 1912
5. Nationality: Kazakh
6. Party affiliation: Candidate member of the Communist Party
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): In the Patriotic War since December 1942, serving on the Northwestern Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Wounded on December 3, 1942 at the village of Sorokino
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since February 1942
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Karmakshinsky Raion, Kyzylorda Oblast
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: _______________

Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or merits:

During the fighting with the German occupiers comrade Kushmanov repeatedly took part in combat missions, during which he successfully carried out his assignments.

Without regard for the difficulties and unfavorable conditions he faces, comrade Kushmanov does everything that is required to hasten the defeat of the abhorrent enemy. While carrying out orders to fortify defensive sector “K”, comrade Kushmanov exceeded the productivity norms by 50-100 percent. Through his honorable and exceptionally proficient labor, he inspires his comrades to work with great prowess.

Comrade Kushmanov deserves the Medal for Combat Merit.
Commander of the 64th Independent Sapper Battalion
Guards Major [signed] /Shelopayev/
July 3, 1943



By Order of the 12th Guards Rifle Corps, Northwestern Front nr. 08 of July 2, 1943 awarded the Medal for Combat Merit.

Chief of the Personnel Section of the 12th Guards Rifle Corps
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Koreshkov/

Order

Secret
Copy nr. 2

[Pencil note: Northwestern Front; September 15, 1943]

Order

Of the 12th Guards Rifle Corps, Northwestern Front

Nr. 08

July 2, 1943

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:

The Medal for Combat Merit to:

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3. Private Umar Kushmanov, sapper in the 64th Independent Sapper Battalion

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Commander of the 12th Guards Rifle Corps
Guards Lieutenant General [signed] /Zakhvatayev/

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The medal itself.

I was happy with the research. Seems our Kazak Sapper was handy with a shovel. I love the way the rhetoric is written.

Cheers, Ade.