Major Wilhelm von dem Hagen

[Bill Woerlee]

Jeff

G'day mate

Long time between drinks mate but it is always good to read your commentary. That was an excellent piece of work on "Fritz of Arabia" - well spotted and good call.

Cheers

Bill

[jwsleser]

Thanks Bill. Been a bit busy and lazy.

There is no mention of this officer in Der Weltkrieg volume IX. However, a list of German officer officers accompanying the First Suez offensive is provided in a footnote in Jildrem page 15. The officers (besides Kress) are Col Trommer, Majors Hunger and Laufen, and Captains v.d. Hagen, Gerlach, Heiben and Rittermeister Welsch. Hagen's demise is briefly mentioned on page 17 and is described simply as an 'heroic death' (heldentod).

Jeff

[Peter H]

Photos from: http://adjudant.ru/canteen/nypl/ww1/452489.html

[donkeyman]

von-Hagan.jpg

A pic from an Australian field ambulance man....

[donkeyman]

Hagan-cu.jpg

A close-up of the cross, showing different spelling of surname.

[Peter H]

From ebay,seller dixie_auctions

"Australians with Turkish prisoners Cairo"