Red Star,0395403,Repair Platoon Commander,20th Separate Repair And Recovery Battalion

[Bill Garvy]

Record card

Order booklet nr. A-683858

1. Last name: Belous
2. First name and patronymic: Timofei Mikhailovich
3. Military rank: Senior Lieutenant-Technician
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1914
6. Place of birth: Village of Gusyatin, Chemerovtsy Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Candidate member of the Communist Party
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From December 1936 through November 1939 and from June 1941 through February 1946
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Deputy company commander in the 4th Tank Regiment, 6th Guards Army
12. Current place of service and position: Director of Kutkovetsky Machine and Tractor Station
13. Home address of the awardee: Village of Uvsya, Chemerovtsy Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast

14. Record of all awards received:

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

Medal for Courage 53149 Temporary certificate nr. 121175
Order of the Southwestern Front nr. 58/N of March 27, 1942

Order of the Red Star 395403 Temporary certificate nr. A-506389 Order of the 29th Guards Tank Brigade nr. 045/N of December 30, 1943

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class 45250 Temporary certificate nr. A-767053 Order of the Armored Forces of the 6th Guards Army nr. 011/N of February 11, 1944

For Merit, 1st Class (Czechoslovakia) Permanent certificate nr. 5937

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 Chemerovtsy Raion
Guards Major [signed] /Kolpakov/
February 19, 1947

[Bill Garvy]

Order

Secret
Copy nr. 2

[Pencil: 2nd Baltic Front; March 25, 1944]

Order

Of the 29th Independent Guards Tank Brigade

December 30, 1943 – Nr. 045/N – Active Army

– On decorating personnel –

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 Order of the Red Star to:

1. Senior Lieutenant-Technician Timofei Mikhailovich Belous, Combat Vehicle Repair Platoon Leader in the 20th Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion, 6th Guards Army

[…]

Commander of the 29th Independent Guards Tank Brigade
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Pavlovsky/

Temporary chief of staff of the 29th Independent Guards Tank Brigade
Guards Major [signed] /Lushnyak/

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Belous, Timofei Mikhailovich
2. Rank: Senior Lieutenant-Technician
3. Position and unit: Repair Platoon Leader in the 20th Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion, 6th Guards Army
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1914
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
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): Has been participating in the Patriotic War since June 22, 1941
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Chemerovtsy Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky 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 combat feat or merits:

Comrade Belous is a Repair Platoon Leader. Serving with the 29th Independent Guards Tank Brigade during the combat actions between November 9 and 21, 1943, he took an active part in recovering and evacuating tanks that had been damaged in combat.

Comrade Belous’ platoon systematically exceeded the established repair objectives by 100-150 percent.

In a period of 12 days the platoon repaired 16 T-34 tanks. For the most part the work was conducted under enemy artillery and mortar shelling. Between December 1 and 10, 1943 the platoon repaired 7 tanks.

On an everyday basis comrade Belous provided assistance to the Repair and Technical Maintenance Brigade of the 29th Independent Guards Tank Brigade, passing on his experience to his comrades and teaching them the difficult job of repairing engine-generators.

Comrade Belous is a bold and demanding officer, capable of taking initiative.

For his efforts and valor comrade Belous deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Comrade Belous is currently with his unit.

Assistant commander for technical affairs of the 29th Independent Guards Tank Brigade
Guards Major-Engineer [signed] /Khalboshin/
December 22, 1943

I award the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 29th Independent Guards Tank Brigade
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Pavlovsky/
December 28, 1943

[Bill Garvy]

Senior Lieutenant-Technician Timofei Mikhailovich Belous' Order of the Red Star, #395403. Service Record to follow soon. My thanks to Auke for his invaluable assistance.

[Bill Garvy]

Order

Of the Southwestern Front

March 27th, 1942 – Nr. 58/N

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 Courage to:

1. Junior Military Technician Timofei Mikhailovich Belous, platoon leader in the 20th Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion, 21st Army

[…]

Commander of the Southwestern Front
Lieutenant General [signed] /Kostenko/

Member of the Military Council of the Southwestern Front
Divisional Commissar [signed] /Gurov/

Member of the Military Council of the Southwestern Front
Brigade Commissar [signed] /Kirichenko/

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Award sheet

Last name, first name and patronymic: Belous, Timofei Mikhailovich
Military rank: Junior Military Technician
Position and unit: Platoon leader and senior tank technician in the 20th Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion
Nominated for: Medal for Courage [Order of the Red Star crossed out]
1. Year of birth: 1914
2. Nationality: Ukrainian
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1939
4. Party affiliation: Not a member
5. Participation in combat (where and when): No
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Chemerovtsy Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast
9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): ______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Serving as a combat vehicle repair platoon leader in the 20th Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion, comrade Belous showed himself a disciplined commander. During his service in the battalion, comrade Belous was sent to forward positions near Marino, Pristennoye, and Bolshiye Seti with orders to recover combat vehicles, where he displayed bravery, calmness and fortitude. This enabled the vehicles to be put back into service in a timely manner. Between September 25, 1941 and January 20, 1942 comrade Belous repaired 7 T-34s, 5 BT tanks, 2 T-26s, as well as 12 GAZ-AAs, 10 ZIS-5s, and 3 light vehicles. The repairs were carried out in exceptionally difficult conditions. For example, repairs were carried out under the open sky and in field conditions, but regardless of the harsh circumstances, comrade Belous recovered a number of combat vehicles near Pristennoye and repaired combat vehicles while directly subjected to enemy actions. Despite the difficult situation comrade Belous reported that he would repair these tanks on the spot, which he then accomplished in a timely manner. Moreover, he taught his men about the workings of the combat vehicles.

No difficulties can withhold comrade Belous from repairing combat vehicles.

Comrade Belous deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 20th Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion
Major [signed] /Gerasyuk/

Commissar of the 20th Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion
Battalion Commissar [signed] /Dvorovoi/


He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Deputy army commander in charge of the Armored Forces
Colonel [signed] /Dayev/

Military commissar of the army’s Armored Forces
Battalion Commissar [signed] /Krivitsky/
February 16th, 1942

He deserves to be awarded the Medal for Courage.

Commander of the 21st Army
Major General [signed] /Vodin/

Member of the Military Council
Brigade Commissar [signed] /Serdyuk/
February 27th, 1942

[Bill Garvy]

[Pencil: 2nd Ukrainian Front; June 9th, 1944]

Order

Of the Armored and Mechanized Forces of the 6th Guards Army

February 12th, 1944 – Nr. 011/N – Active Army

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 Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class to:

1. Senior Lieutenant-Technician Timofei Mikhailovich Belous, senior tank technician and platoon leader in the 20th Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion

[…]

Commander of the Armored and Mechanized Forces of the 6th Guards Army
Guards Colonel [signed] /Lipatov/

Chief of staff of the Armored and Mechanized Forces of the 6th Guards Army
Guards Major [signed] /Kryazhevskikh/

[Bill Garvy]

Award sheet

Last name, first name and patronymic: Belous, Timofei Mikhailovich
Military rank: Senior Lieutenant-Technician
Position and unit: Senior tank technician and platoon leader in the 20th Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion
Nominated for: Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class
1. Year of birth: 1914
2. Nationality: Ukrainian
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1941
4. Party affiliation: Candidate member of the Communist Party
5. Participation in combat (where and when): No
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously (for which merits): For carrying out tank repairs proficiently and ahead of schedule: Medal for Courage on March 27, 1942; Order of the Red Star on December 30, 1943; and Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad on December 22, 1942
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Chemerovtsy Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast
9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): ______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Serving as a tank repair platoon leader, comrade Belous showed himself an exceptionally disciplined and technically competent officer, who is dedicated to the cause of the Party of Lenin and Stalin and the socialist motherland. Under his command and with his personal participation, the platoon in January 1944 alone repaired 26 tanks proficiently and on schedule, including 19 KV tanks. Furthermore, he managed to properly organize the repairs of 13 tanks at the disabled vehicle collection point in Lovets between January 27 and February 7th, 1944. In January he worked on repairing combat vehicles of the 159th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, carrying out his repairs under enemy artillery and mortar fire.

For carrying out his task of repairing tanks in an exemplary manner, comrade Belous deserves the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.

Commander of the 20th Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion
Lieutenant Colonel-Engineer [signed] /Samueli/
February 8th, 1944


He deserves the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.

Commander of the Armored and Mechanized Forces of the 6th Guards Army
Guards Colonel [signed] /Lipatov/
February 8th, 1944

[Bill Garvy]

Service record

Card nr. A-437215

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Belous, Timofei Mikhailovich
2. Born on: September 17, 1914
3. Nationality: Ukrainian
4. Knowledge of languages: No
5. Place of birth: Village of Gusyaten, Chemerovtsy Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast
6. Party affiliation
Member of the Communist Party since: 1943
Party membership booklet nr.: 6307091
Candidate member of the Communist Party since:
Member of the Komsomol since:
Not a party member:
Membership of other parties:
Changes in party affiliation:
7. Social situation: Serviceman from a family of poor peasants
8. Profession (specialty): Mechanic
9. Family situation (family composition and ages): Married to Lyudmila Arsentyevna Chubatyuk, born in 1917. Daughter Nelya born in 1940
10. Civilian education (names of the educational institutions): 4 classes at Gusyaten Elementary School in 1926 and one-year Mechanic School
11. Military education:
a) In the old army: No
b) In the Soviet Army (graduated with which grade): No
12. Party education: No

13. Military promotions Date and year By whose order
Junior Lieutenant-Technician May 15, 1939 Order of the People’s Commissariat of Defense nr. 0723
Lieutenant-Technician 1942
Senior Lieutenant-Technician February 18, 1943 Order of the Stalingrad Front nr. 0175

14. Service at the front (where and against whom): Southwestern Front since June 26, 1941; Stalingrad Front since May 15, 1942; 1st Ukrainian Front since October 20, 1943; 4th Ukrainian Front from May 15, 1944 through May 9, 1945
15. Wounds and contusions: Slightly wounded to his spine on July 7, 1941
16. Awards: Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class on February 11, 1944; Order of the Red Star on December 30, 1943; Medal for Courage on March 27, 1942; Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad on November 19, 1942
17. State of health: Healthy

Entered Soviet Army service on September 15, 1936

Name of the unit Name of the position Month, day and year By whose order Order nr.
52nd Tank Division Cadet at a regimental school September 15, 1936
47th Tank Brigade Mechanic-driver October 15, 1937
30th Tank Regiment, 5th Cavalry Corps Assistant company commander for technical affairs September 15, 1939
Independent Automobile Battalion, Kiev Military District Vehicle platoon leader January 15, 1939
Transferred to the reserve January 20, 1939
20th Tank Division Assistant company commander for technical affairs June 23, 1941
33rd Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion, 21st Army Repair platoon leader September 5, 1941
33rd Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion, 9th Guards Army Deputy company commander for technical affairs January 20, 1945
Transferred to the reserve by Order of the Central Group of Forces nr. 01090, in accordance with Article 43, Section A, with the rank of Senior Lieutenant-Technician, having last served as a deputy company commander for technical affairs in the 33rd Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion, 9th Guards Army

Military commissar of the Chemerovtsy Raion
Major [signed] /Fyodorov/

Officer of the Military Commissariat
Senior Lieutenant [signed] /_______/

19. Attestation

On which position Final conclusion of the attestation Date


20. Special record:
21. Last name, first name and patronymic: Belous, Timofei Mikhailovich
22. Military rank: Reserve Senior Lieutenant-Technician, category: Technical Corps
23. Branch of arms: Armored Forces, military specialty nr. 152
24. Group: …, reserve of the category
25. Registered until December 31, 1969
26. Canceled on:
27. Place of service and position (or nature of activities outside military service): Director of Kutkovetsky Machine and Tractor Station, Chemerovtsy Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast
28. Home address: Village of Uvsya, Chemerovtsy Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast
29. Registration numbers:
30. Registered where (name of the military commissariat, city and military district): Military Commissariat of the Chemerovtsy Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast, Transcarpathian Military District
31. Attended trainings:
32. Service in the old army: …, last rank: No
33. Service in the White Army of foreign armies: No
34. Special remarks: Issued military ID nr. AYe-34644 on January 6, 1949 by the Military Commissariat of the Chemerovtsy Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast

[Bill Garvy]

Service record

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Belous, Timofei Mikhailovich
2. Born on: 1914
3. Nationality: Ukrainian
4. Knowledge of languages: Russian
5. Place of birth: Town of Gusyatenino, Chemerovtsy Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast
6. Social situation and background: Serviceman from a family of peasants
7. Party affiliation
Member of the Communist Party since: No
Party membership booklet nr.: No
Candidate member of the Communist Party since: No
Member of the Komsomol since: No
Not a party member: No
Membership of other parties: No
Party penalties and changes in party affiliation: No
8. Education
General education: 4 classes of village school
Military education: No
Political education: No
9. Service in the old army: No
10. Service in the White Army: No
11. Has he been taken prisoner: No

12. Military promotions Date By whose order Order nr.
Senior Lieutenant-Technician February 18, 1943 21st Army, Don Front 0275


13. Service at the front: The liberation of Western Ukraine since September 17, 1939 and the Patriotic War since June 22, 1941
14. Wounds and contusions: No
15. Awards (orders and medals): Medal for Courage on March 27, 1942; Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad on July 16, 1943
16. Family situation and address of the family: Married to Lyusya Arsentyevna Chubatyuk, address unknown

[Pencil: Biographical certificate nr. AD-53522]
[Stamp: Card index of the headquarters of the Armored and Mechanized Forces]

Entered Red Army service in 1941

17. Service in the Red Army:

Name of the unit Name of the position Month, day and year By whose order Order nr.
20th Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion Senior tank technician September 25, 1941 21st Army 071
33rd Independent Repair and Recovery Battalion Deputy company commander for technical affairs
Transferred to the reserve in accordance with Article 43 (due to illness) and sent to the Military Commissariat of the Chemerovtsy Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast November 5, 1945 Commander of the Central Group of Forces 01090

19. Transferred to the reserve from the position of … and with the rank of …

20. Cause of the transfer:

Service record

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Belous, Timofei Mikhailovich
2. Born on: 1914
3. Nationality: Ukrainian
4. Knowledge of languages:
5. Place of birth: Village of Gusyatenino, Chemerovtsy Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast
6. Social situation and background: Worker
7. Party affiliation
Member of the Communist Party since:
Party membership booklet nr.:
Candidate member of the Communist Party since: 1943
Member of the Komsomol since:
Not a party member: Not a member
Membership of other parties:
Party penalties and changes in party affiliation:
8. Education
General education: 4 classes
Military education:
Political education:
9. Service in the old army:
10. Service in the White Army:
11. Has he been taken prisoner:

12. Military promotions Date By whose order Order nr.
Junior Lieutenant-Technician
Lieutenant-Technician April 10, 1942 21st Army 039
Senior Lieutenant-Technician February 18, 1943 Don Front 0175


13. Service at the front: In the Active Army since June 1941
14. Wounds and contusions: No
15. Awards (orders and medals): Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class; Order of the Red Star; Medal for Courage; Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad
16. Family situation and address of the family: