Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Mai i te tau 1943 ki te 1945, i mahi ia ki te 3rd SS-Brigade me te 20th Waffen Grenadier Division o te SS. Ko ia te Kaihauturu o te 45th SS-Grenadier Regiment mai i te Paenga-whāwhā 1944. I te 23 o Akuhata 1944 i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Cross Knight o te Iron Cross mo ana mahi i te Pakanga o Tannenberg Line
I te Pakanga o Auvere i reira i peia ai e Riipalu me tana rerenga te whakaeke a te ope Soviet, i aukati i te karapoti o te ope taua o Narwa. I whakawhiwhia te tohu ki a ia e Felix Steiner, te rangatira o te III SS Panzer Corps.