He was selected for officer training and sent to the SS-Junkerschule, at Braunschweig being promoted in September 1939 to Unterscharführer (Sergeant).
Josef Rölleke (23 August 1924 - 6 October 2011) was an Unterscharführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Franz Augsberger served with the Austrian Legion from April 1932 to October 1933 when he left the Legion's base at Lechfeld, South of Augsburg, and transferred to a training area near Dachau, and was subsequently promoted to SS-Unterscharführer (Junior Squad Leader) on 20 April 1934, and to SS-Oberscharführer (Senior Squad Leader) on 1 June 1934.
Erich Rossner, Unterscharführer, in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross