His father, Paul von Myrdacz[3] (4 May 1847 – 7 July 1930), who was born in Konská (Třinec), pursued a career as a military doctor in the Austro-Hungarian Army.

[citation needed] Gustav von Myrdacz was raised in the multi-lingual multi-cultural environment of the late Habsburg Empire and was trained to become a military engineer.

In 1918, partly because of his involvement in the occupation of Albania, von Myrdacz was introduced to a young honorary colonel named Ahmed Zog in Vienna.

In 1920, von Myrdacz retired from service in Austria at the rank of brigadier-general and joined the newly formed Albanian army at the invitation of Ahmed Zog.

He joined a group of foreign nationals advising the Albanian government under Zog, including Leon Ghilardi from Dalmatia, and Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Francis Stirling and Major-General Sir Jocelyn Percy from Britain.

The following year, Zog made himself King of Albania, and von Myrdacz was immediately entrusted as chief of staff of the Royal Albanian Army.

With the capitulation of Italy on 8 September 1943, General Pervizi became Minister of Defense, with von Myrdacz serving as a liaison officer between the Albanian army and the German forces.

In September 1944, SS Standartenführer Josef Fitzthum (a fellow Austrian) directly appointed a three-man "control committee" for Tirana, including two obscure Albanians and von Myrdacz.