Infantry Regiment No. 31 (IR 31)
Infanterieregiment Pucherna Nr.31
(formed in 1741)
Peacetime deployment of the regiment in February 1914:
Commander - Oberst Heinrich Edler von Salmon
Regimental Headquarters, I, II and IV Battalions (Nagyszeben), III Battalion (Spalato)
superior units: 16th Infantry Division (XII Army Corps)
Regimental status in July 1914:
Nationality: 69% Romanians, 25% Transylvanian Germans, 6% others
replenishment district: Nagyszeben (now Sibiu, Romania)
Regimental rank in August 1914:
IR 31 (I, II and IV Battalions) in the formation of the 32nd Infantry Brigade, 16th Infantry Division (XII Army Corps) - a regiment destined for the front in Halych against Russia
III Battalion IR 31 in the formation of the 5th Mountain Brigade of the 18th Infantry Division (XVI Army Corps) - a battalion destined for the front in Bosnia and Herzegovina against Serbia
http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/
http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk/austamps/dixnut/
Infanterieregiment Pucherna Nr.31
(formed in 1741)
Peacetime deployment of the regiment in February 1914:
Commander - Oberst Heinrich Edler von Salmon
Regimental Headquarters, I, II and IV Battalions (Nagyszeben), III Battalion (Spalato)
superior units: 16th Infantry Division (XII Army Corps)
Regimental status in July 1914:
Nationality: 69% Romanians, 25% Transylvanian Germans, 6% others
replenishment district: Nagyszeben (now Sibiu, Romania)
Regimental rank in August 1914:
IR 31 (I, II and IV Battalions) in the formation of the 32nd Infantry Brigade, 16th Infantry Division (XII Army Corps) - a regiment destined for the front in Halych against Russia
III Battalion IR 31 in the formation of the 5th Mountain Brigade of the 18th Infantry Division (XVI Army Corps) - a battalion destined for the front in Bosnia and Herzegovina against Serbia
http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/
http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk/austamps/dixnut/