THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARMY 1914-18

FOR COLLECTORS OF ITS POSTAL ITEMS
by
JOHN DIXON-NUTTALL

CONTENTS

Chapter 8: The Postal Service of the Austro-Hungarian Army


Back to main introduction Chapter 8's introduction FPO in-service dates FPO Lists 1-299 FPO Lists 300 up


Chapter 8 Appendix A

ARMEE- , FELD- , ETAPPENPOSTDIREKTIONEN

The detail that follows is based upon Clement. However, where the dates in the Appendices to Chapter 6, which are taken from the order of battle published in the Austrian history of the war 1914- 18, differ to a marked extent, these are placed in the table in parentheses thus (....). The columns are:

a. Number or title of the Direktion referred to.

b. Location of that Direktion, and dates used.

c. The Haupt- , Feld- and Etappenpostämter used by that Direktion: for the dates see Appendix B to this Chapter.

Armeepostdirektion

a

b

c

1 1 Armee EK (QAbt 1) - 1914 to 15 Apr 18 12, 19, 170, 620
2 2 Armee EK (QAbt 2) - 1914 to 16 May l8
Ostarmee - 16 May 1918 to the end
154, 201, 240, 388
240, 388
3 3 Armee EK (QAbt 13) - 1914 to 13 or 31 Jan 18 30, 99, 153, 299
4 4 Armee EK (QAbt 4) - 1914 to 15 Mar 18 22, 56, 225, 354, 444
5 5 Armee EK 1914 to 26 Dec 14;
EK der Balkanstreitkräfte - 26 Dec 14 to 24 May 15
81, 301
5 Armee EK (QAbt 5) - 24 May 15 to 18 (24) May 17 81, 195, 301, 339, 508
Kmdo der Isa - 18 (24) May 17 to 23 (25) Aug 17;
for later see Armeepostdirektion 13 below
195, 339
6 6 Armee EK- 1914 to 26 Dec 14 Clement notes none
EtGpKmdo (QAbt 6) serving kuk troops with d. AGp Woyrsch (later, Clement says, with kuk Et.P.A.in Romania: this appears to be incorrect?) - 12 Jan 15 to 17 Nov 16. 20, 41, 252
For 6 Armee in 1918 see Armeepostdirektion 17  
7 7 Armee EK (QAbt 7) - 8 May 15 to 15 Apr 18 5, 116, 334, 351
8 did not exist  
9 did not exist  
10 QAbt 10 - 26 Jan 16 to Nov 17 when QAbt 10 became EtGp Belluno; see below 250, 475, 510, 600, 610
11 QAbt 11 - 15 Mar (Feb) 16 to the end 55, 153, 188, 224, 500, 512
12 did not exist  
13 QAbt der 1 und 2 Isa - 23 (25) Aug 17 to 21 (26) Dec 17;
QAbt 1 Isa - 21 (26) Dec 17 to the end
195, 465
14 did not exist  
15 did not exist  
16 did not exist  
17 QAbt 6 (the new 6 Armee) - 22 (20) Jan 18 to the end 468, 550
18 did not exist  
19 did not exist  
20 On the SW Front (possibly in the Innsbruck area) - 1917- 18 324, 514

Feldpostdirektion

a

b

c

1 1 GenKmdo (Kronstadt) - May (15 Apr) to Oct 18 170, 620
2 did not exist  
3 did not exist  
4 4 GenKmdo (Lemberg) - 28 Mar (15 Apr) 18 to the end 354, 444
5 did not exist  
6 did not exist  
der AGp7 EtGpKmdo der AGp Pflanzer- Baltin - 3 (20) Oct 14 to 8 May 15 116
7 7 GenKmdo (Czernowitz) - 15 Apr 18 to the end 334
8 EtGpKmdo 8:
a. AGp Pflanzer- Baltin in addition to Feldpostdirektion der Agp 7 - 3 Oct 14 to 8 May 15
b. 7 KD with d. AGp Woyrsch - 1915 (? to Sep 15 only)
c. BHD - Dec 15 to the end
Clement notes none
9 EtGpKmdo 9 serving kuk troops with d. Südarmee - 15 May 15 to 1 Feb 18 116, 117, 164, 333
10 EtGpKmdo 10 (QAbt 10) with AGp Rohr - 29 May 15 to 25 Jan 16 606
11 EtGpKmdo 11 serving kuk troops with d. 11 Armee - 24 Apr (1 May) 15 to 14 Sep 15 203
12 EtGpKmdo 12 with AGp Tersztyánsky - 5 Jun 15 to 8 Sep 15 300
12 ArmeeKmdo (HGp EH Karl) - 1 Jul 16 to 4 Oct 16 516
13 did not exist  
14 QAbt 14 serving kuk troops with d. AGp Marwitz - 1916 (at least Jul to Nov 16) 19, 203
15 did not exist  
16 QAbt 16 serving kuk troops with d. 9 Armee - 5 Nov 16 to Jul 18 411, 520
16 GenKmdo - Jul 18 to the end 211(?)
17 did not exist  
18 did not exist  
19 did not exist  
der AGp Albanien Qabt XIX, in Sep 18 became QAbt AGp Albanien - Feb 16 to 7 Oct 18; from 25 Aug 16 included EtpP. and TD Albanien and EtP. Montenegro 211(?), 300;
for Agp Albanien 400
beim EtGp Kmdo Görz 30 Dec 17 to 4 Oct 18 562
beim EtGp Kmdo Belluno the former QAbt 10 - Nov 17 to 22 Sep 18 494, 560
West Kuk Etappenstelle 'West', d. W Front (Trier) 571

kuk Etappenpost und Telegraphendirektion

Belgrad kuk MilGouvGen Serbien - from Jan 18
Lublin kuk MilGenGouv Polen - from 7 Mar 16
Udine Für Italien - from 11 Nov 17
der HGp v. Boroević Also acted as Armeepostdirektion HGp Kmdo v. Boroević

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Last updated 3 Apr 2001