August Schmidt and Hans Schmidt – Horst (bass)
August Schmidt 1889 – 1917
Lived in Mühlhausen, Thuringia
Died on the Eastern Front
August Schmidt
Photo from the Eastern Front taken by August Schmidt
Hans Schmidt 1898 – 1918, also from from Mühlhausen, Thuringia. August’s younger brother, enlisted immediately after leaving school.
Died on the Western front during the last major German offensive of the war, the second battle of the Marne (15 July – 5 August 1918).
Hans Schmidt
Hans Schmidt – grave – Belleau Military Cemetery
Soldatenfriedhof Belleau
An Australian War Requiem 