Chris Boonzaier Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 This is to one of a Group of Germans who actually invaded South Africa in support of the Boer Rebellion at the outbreak of the war....See the writeup here...http://www.kaiserscross.com/40029/150601.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 This is to one of a Group of Germans who actually invaded South Africa in support of the Boer Rebellion at the outbreak of the war....See the writeup here...http://www.kaiserscross.com/40029/150601.htmlHelloVery interesting Chris. I knew, of course that both the British and the Germans had forces inAfrica during WW1, and saw some action, but I had no idea that the Germans had invaded South Africa.Thanks for showing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 wow-talk about rare.He's not only a Count but also in the colonial troops.Why was the document done so late in the war? Did he end up as a POW?What was his later career? :jumping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Hi,He was one of a handfull of officers repatriated in late 1917-18. I assume on parole, maybe because of wounds.So he arrived in Berlin, an ex POW BEFORE the end of the war... hence this very scarce wrtime colonial doc.The really nice printed colonial doc for South West and East Africa only came later. His EK1 doc is this latter form.He trained as a pilot in 1912 while with the arty, but did not serve as such in GSWA.In November 1918 it seems his parole came to an end and it seems he joined a Garde Division in Poland... I must dig out the papers again.His Brother commanded the Garde Sch?tzen battalion or Garde J?ger, I cannot remember which.There is a thread about him somewhere in the back pages.I wish I knew where and when he was wounded...BestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 (edited) ....would that be Heinrich (the PLM winner?).Did he perhaps later command the II/SS btln. Westland ?well, yes he was, I just researched the forum and found this thread-a very nice document-worthy of an article, esp. given his later SS command of the dutch volunteers in the East.By the way. Mike Miler almost certainly has his file on his CD.http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1082...adeln&st=20 Edited April 7, 2008 by Ulsterman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 This is to one of a Group of Germans who actually invaded South Africa in support of the Boer Rebellion at the outbreak of the war....See the writeup here...http://www.kaiserscross.com/40029/150601.htmlHello!Interesting,just amazing.Congratulation.All the best Nesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 8, 2008 Author Share Posted April 8, 2008 Here are some links to threads about himhttp://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1076...p;hl=von+hadelnAnd a muuuuch larger thread here...http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1082...p;hl=von+hadeln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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