Glory III,655351,Rifleman,227th Rifle Regiment,27th Rifle Division,Seelow,Wounds 1951

[Tommy]

Record card

Record card

Order booklet nr. 490113

1. Last name: Kanatsui
2. First name and patronymic: Anton Illarionovich
3. Military rank: Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1923
6. Place of birth: Moldovan SSR, Leovskiy Raoin, Tomai Village
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a member
8. Education: Illiterate
9. Nationality: Moldovan
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From 10.1944 to 12.1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: 140th rifle Regiment, 47th Guards Rifle Division, 1st Belorussian Front - Rifleman
12. Current place of service and position: Farmer, Dzerzhinski Collective Farm, Leovskiy Raion, Moldovan SSR
13. Home address of the awardee: Moldovan SSR, Leovskiy Raoin, Tomai Village
14. Record of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal Serial number Number of the document Ground of award

Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class 888749 T - 490113 Order of the Supreme Soviet, 123/N, 26.10.45
Order of Glory 3rd Class 655351 T - 490113 Order of 30.5.51
Medal for Victory over Germany Order of 9.5.45

Signature of the awardee: [blank]

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

Chief of the 3rd Section of the Military Commissariat of the city of Ivanovo
Guards Colonel [signed] Khrapun
December 1, 1951

[Tommy]

Award sheet

Award sheet

Last name, first name and patronymic: Kanatsui, Anton Illarionovich
Rank: Private
Position and unit: Rifleman, 227th Rifle Regiment, 27th Rifle Division, 1st Belorussian Front. Currently an Invalid of the Patriotic War, 2nd Group. Registered in the Leovsky Military Commissariat, Moldovan SSR
Nominated for: Order of Glory, 3nd Class
Year of birth: 1923
Nationality: Moldovan
Party affiliation: Not a Member
Participation in the Civil War to defend the USSR: In the Patriotic War from 03.45 to 04.45
Wounds and contusions received: Severely wounded in the leg leading to amputation on 16.4.45
Since when in the Red Army: 10.45(sic) to 04.1946(sic)
Drafted by which military commissariat: Leovsky Military Commissariat, Moldovan SSR
Awards received previously: No previous awards
Permanent home address of the prospective awardee: ______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

As a Rifleman in the 227th Rifle Regiment, 27th Rifle Division on the 1st Belorussian Front he was engaged in the crossing of the Oder River.

Continuing their movement after crossing the river, the platoon was ordered to attack and seize an enemy firing emplacement on the outskirts of a village near Berlin.

Opening fire and moving towards the enemy while showering them with grenades, their resistance was broken and the squad captured the firing point.

On 16.4.45 under the cover of Artillery fire, the enemy launched a counterattack, trying to retake the town. Under the violent artillery barrage comrade Kanatsui was seriously wounded in the leg. His leg was amputated in evacuation hospital No 1722.

He currently works at his own (one man) farm.


He deserves the order “Glory 3rd Class”

Leovskiy Region Military Commissariat
Guards Colonel / signed / KHRAPUN
29th June 1948


He deserves the order “Glory 3rd Class”
Military Commissar of the Moldovan SSR
Colonel / signed / KORSUN
14th July 1948

Deserving of the award “Order of Glory 3rd Class”
Commander of Forces in the Odessa Military District
General-Colonel – LUKHOV


Signed 3rd district of the Odessa Military District
Lieutenant Colonel /signed / MOKHORT

[Tommy]

His record card states he was part of the 47th guards rifle division on the 1st Belorussian front, which adds up with his citation and his injury just over the Oder and on the way to Seelow on 16.4.45

Map below




The rest of his Award Sheet states that he was in the 27th Rifle Division, which was part of the 2nd Belorussian front and not in this area at that time.

Perhaps his memory got a little muddled when he was relaying his story to the clerk 3 years later? No one wanted to question the one legged, one man farmer :).

[Tommy]

And the glory with its twisted ring.