FALLEN ANCESTORS IN WORLD WAR I

Martin TOPLAK ( * 8. 11. 1872, Bukovnica (SLO) - † 14. 5. 1916, Esztergom (HUN) )

Relation to me: My third great-grandfather

Military unit: 26th Infantry Regiment (k.u.k. Infanterieregiment Nr. 26) of the Imperial and Royal Army of Austria-Hungary

Status: reservist infantryman

Place of death: Esztergom (HUN)

Cause of death: pneumonia

Buried: Esztergom - Szentgyörgymező cementery (HUN)

ENTRY OF THE DEATH OF MARTIN TOPLAK IN THE DEATH REGISTER OF THE ESZTERGOM REGISTRY OFFICE (Vir: FamilySearch)

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF MARTIN: He married my 3-times great-grandmother Ana in 1895 (in the above death record, Ana is incorrectly listed as Martin's mother), with whom he had only one son (my great-great-grandfather Ivan). After emigrating to the USA twice (in 1906 and 1912), he was drafted as a reservist into the 26th Infantry Regiment of the Imperial and Royal Army of Austria-Hungary in Esztergom, where he died heroically at the age of 43 due to pneumonia contracted during a military campaign outside the battlefield.

Andraž BUKOVEC ( * 28. 11. 1886, Kobilje (SLO) - † 28. 6. 1917, Šempeter pri Gorici (SLO) )

Relation to me: My second great-grandfather

Military unit: 48th Infantry Regiment (k.u.k. Infanterieregiment Nr. 48) of the Imperial and Royal Army of Austria-Hungary

Status: reservist infantryman

Place of death: Šempeter pri Gorici (SLO)

Cause of death: mine injury

Buried: Volčja Draga cementery (SLO)

ENTRY OF INJURY OF ANDRAŽ BUKOVEC IN THE VERLUSTLISTE NR. 346 (30.12.1915) (Source: oö Landes Bibliothek)

ENTRY OF INJURY OF ANDRAŽ BUKOVEC IN THE VERLUSTLISTE NR. 637 (20.12.1917) (Source: oö Landes Bibliothek)

ENTRY OF THE DEATH OF ANDRAŽ BUKOVEC IN THE DEATH REGISTER OF THE GÁBORJÁNHÁZA REGISTRY OFFICE (Vir: FamilySearch)

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF ANDRAŽ: He married my second great-grandmother Terezija in 1910, with whom he had four children, born in 1911, 1913, 1915 and 1917, the youngest child being my great-grandfather Peter, who, along with his sisters, never met his father. Andraž was drafted into the 48th Infantry Regiment of the Imperial and Royal Army of Austria-Hungary as early as 1915, which is confirmed by the entry of his injury in Verlustliste Nr. 346. According to available sources, Andraž was also injured in 1917, unfortunately fatally; he died at the age of 30 from the consequences of a mine injury he suffered on the battlefield of the Isonzo Front near Šempeter pri Gorici.

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