German Death Card · primary-source record
Alois Ostner
abt 1896 (computed from age at death) – 4 July 1916
Died 4 July 1916 · died of wounds in a lazarett
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At-a-glance facts
Record type
German Death Card
Date of death
4 July 1916
Date of birth
abt 1896 (computed from age at death)
Age at death
20 years (im 21. Lebensjahre — his 21st year of life)
Place of death
in a lazarett
The german death card
From the funeral card
Zur frommen[?] Erinnerung[?] im Gebete[?]
an den tugendsamen[?] Jüngling[?]
Alois Ostner,
Bauerssohn[?] von [illegible],
Soldat beim[?] 12. Inf.-Regt.[?], 10. Komp.[?],
welcher[?] am 26. Juni[?] durch einen[?]
Lungenschuß[?] schwer verwundet[?], in[?]
einem Feldlazarett[?] versehen[?] mit den[?]
hl. Sterbesakramenten[?], am 4.7. 1916[?]
im 21.[?] Lebensjahre[?] fürs Vaterland[?]
gestorben ist.[?]
[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
Contributor's notes & card translation
Soldat, 12. Infanterie Regiment 10. Kompanie wounded 26.6.1916 by shot into lung + 4.7.1916 in a lazarett 21 years old
English translation of the card text: For pious remembrance in prayer of the virtuous young man Alois Ostner, farmer's son of [illegible], soldier in the 12th Infantry Regiment, 10th Company, who was severely wounded on 26 June by a shot to the lung and, provided with the holy sacraments of the dying, died for the Fatherland in a field hospital on 4 July 1916, in his 21st year of life. [The concluding verse, the prayers with indulgence notes, and the printer line are illegible in this scan.] These small prayer cards (Sterbebilder) were given to family and friends in the Roman Catholic tradition.
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- Photograph & transcription
- Provenance
- From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
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- Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
- Last verified
- 2026-07-02
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- Image vs transcription
- Both — photograph of the card and a transcription of its German text on this page
Citation: "German death card (Sterbebild) of Alois Ostner, 12. Infanterie-Regiment, 10. Kompanie, fell 4 July 1916 in a lazarett," photographed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/ostner-alois-1916/ : accessed [your access date]).
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