Il'jashenko, Kirill Ivanovich, Rifleman, 1142nd Rifle Regiment, 340th Rifle Division

[Auke]

Surprising. Well, the official issuing him his second booklet must have been unaware of the order booklet, or he wanted to stress that the recipient's privileges commenced five months earlier.

[ade stevenson]

Care of Auke, the research has come through. :thumbsup


Record card

Order booklet nr. B-136259

1. Last name: Ilyashenko
2. First name and patronymic: Kirill Ivanovich
3. Military rank: Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1902
6. Place of birth: City of Krolevets, Sumy Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a member
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From September 1943 through September 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Rifleman in the 1142nd Rifle Regiment, 340th Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: Farmer at a kolkhoz in the village of Dobrotovo, Krolevets Raion
13. Home address of the awardee: 86 Kavalleriysky [Cavalry] Street, apartment 6, city of Voroshilov-Ussuriysky

14. Record of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal Serial number Number of the document Ground of award
Medal for Courage 1527048 791394 Order of the 894th Rifle Regiment nr. 061/N of 13th December, 1943
Medal for Courage 3094799 Z-237475 Order of the 1142nd Rifle Regiment nr. 037/N of 22nd May, 1945
Order of the Red Star 1633027 Z-237416 Order of the 340th Rifle Division nr. 048/N of 7th July, 1945


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 Krolevets Raion [Sumy Oblast]
Major [signed] /Kiryan/
25th December, 1946

[PaulR]

Nice! I cannot wait to see the citations!

[ade stevenson]

Here is the Prikaz as shown in post 4 of this thread but this shows a little more detail.

Cheers, Ade.