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
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
