To fit with THIS account of the battle, is a list of the
German casualties in the Gibeon area. I have a zerox from the South
African military archives which I had made while down there. It was
typed up by an army clerk in 1915, so there are errors in names and
ranks, but a bit of the historical puzzle all the same....
Interesting to see some South African Names in there... must have been Boers who settled in GSWA
Casualties
German forces: Gibeon, 26th-27th April 1915
Killed
Ernst
Holger (4th Coy), Peter Rehbein, Kneil (1st Res), Emil Franke, Franze
Renner, Sergt. Buttner, Zweigler, Onder Officer (Unteroffizier)
Opperman, Two not indentified
Wounded in Hospital
Officers Lieut Wilhelm Nitze, Hans Denk, Alfred Ringsdorf, Dr Riefenstahl
Other Ranks Otto
Ballnno (Paymaster), L?Cpl. Josef Schafer, Tpr Max Joachim, Tpr Karl
Nitzkim, Gustav Becker, Johann Antassek, Johan Bergweist, Adolf
Dornros, Sergt. Walter Hanthei, Sgt. Maj. MArhi Beckmann, Tpr Otto
Stangenberg, Sergt. Paul Melzer, L/Cpl. Georg Kneis, L/Cpl. Friedrich
Rubbert, L/Cpl. Andreas Koller, Heindrich Knorr, Ferd Scholle, Johann
Burzynski, Heinrich Bodenstein, Sergt. Louis Albes, Julius Kolzer,
Oskar Fehr, Johannes Thormann, Johann Anterschek, Otto Sweisler, Stenzki
Captured
Officers Lieut
Fred Johnson, Lieut Ernst Goedecke, Robert Kuntze, Heinrich Derlich,
Anton Heiligbrunner, Ober Lieut. Mueller, Ober Lieut Gossler
Other Ranks
Paymaster (Onder) Hugo Fieldmer, Paymaster (Onder) Richard Schultz, Paymaster (Onder) Walter Donicht.
Paymaster G. Glockmeer,
Sgt Majors Oskar
Loose, Friedrick Mohring, Reinold Nieter, Eugene Ruh, Franz Buhrke,
Josef Zillikins, Fritz Schultze, Walter Rasch, Konrad Simran, Heinrich
Zeitz, Ludwig Schaal, Fredrich Jonscher, Gustav Jung, Hugo Olsen
Sgt. Albert
Nanen, Hermann Kuch, Rudolf Hilpert, Arthur Simon, Albert Wiethert,
Kurt Schollmeidt, Robert Rude, Josef Nagel, Wilhelm Sendzik, Franz
Kuhn, Hans Dippus, Fritz Wichmann, Max Francke, J. Von Grinsven,
Cpl. A
von Walthausen, Otto Mueller, hans Hirsekerm, Jakob Held, Paul
Weichbrodt, Hans Schelper, Leo Stoeikel, Arthur Srenson, Hand Kirst,
Martin Ott, Heinrich Robbe, Otto Sweisler, August Havemann, Hans Senne,
Peter Krobben, Philip Lobensolder, Georg Meier, Adolf Becker, Johann
Dutzbach, Fritz Henny,
L/Cpl Albert Karen, Alfred
Phillipson, Herrman Odendahl, Eduart Bodmaller, Albert Gerlich, Hans
Gibb, Henrich Hullbruck, Willie Bohl, Freidrich Grevin, Karl Kriss,
Fritz Johnck, Heinrich Scholtz, Georg Warth, Emil Demant, Freidrich
Herrmann, Wilhelm Losch, Otto Gibternach, Freidrich Sanger, Georg
Komoll, Karl Marx, Paul Ruchterlein, Josef Schmitt, Albert Guschnasch,
Paul Strogmeier, Fritz Haugk, Rudolf Rayn, Paul Kauberizyk, Adolf
Hecht, Jacob Weindich, Franz Konig, Franz Mann, Albert Hauner, Paul
Lempreicht, Fritz Kannt, Airsfh (!!) Dressler, Aorsh (!!) Dresseler,
Richard Schutze, Arthur Uhlig, Karl Melker, Arthur Schraw, Franz
Hernicht
Tpr Robert Weidner, F von Bremen, Johannes Salomon,
Heinrich Gisil, Alfred Thurich, Johann Monskopki, Herbert Nieker, Ernst
Albart, Arthur Anders, Herrman Kuchenmeister, Helmuth Schmidt, Fritz
Schmidt, Otto de Boer, Ernst Oehring, Ernst Krimer, Georg Gilligh,
Johannes Mueller, Wilhelm Oberheider, Albert Maas, Staummhaus
Vismiersky, Christian Kutz, Max Zisch, Otto Lochtenstein, Anton
Schwartz, Johannes Visser, Walter Forster, Albert Huber, Helmeth
Hoyemer, Richard Scrager, Karl Theodeitz, Martin Schmall, Ludwig
Schwarz, August MAlweitz, Adolf Kutzeek, Willie Reichert, Wilhelm
Dickbruder, Karl Weyman, Ernst Thierrach, Johan Felden, Adolf Glosse,
Josef Napotnik, Wilhelm Bornhold, Hermann Wirth, Heinrich Kappelhoff,
Carl Burster, Ernst Noack, Jan Smit, Willem Smit, Hermann Trentow,
Focaks Radachmer, Johann Zeitz, Reinhold Krog, Herman Vogts, Bernard
Rousbein, A. von den Knesdeck, Hermann Korschke, Johannes Neureth,
Adolf Badder, Johann Offermann, Gottleiv Gunther, Karl Lamprecht,
Heinrich Cyriasus, Peter Filla, Oswald Zehler, Franz Fulzer, Normann
Hermanhilx, Gustav Heldt, Hermann Pruter, Karl Dickmann, Victus
Kogelneier, Hermann Fuchs, Wilhelm Bonheis, Paul Schultz (Medic),
Albert Ganzer, Ernst Speiser, Alexander Rehmann, Sally Joseph,
Friedrich Haschke, Xavier Schmid, Josef Wankler, Eugene Adom, Gerhardt
Kulz, Hans Serb, Walter Dorno, Josef Warner, Pieter Rensburg, Peter
Wosch, Gustav Haagener
Captured at Berseba 22nd of April 1915
Officers Capt Alexander Merensky Lieut Lichtenstein (Medical officer)
Other Ranks
Sgt Henri
Vachmann, Franz Dangovsky, Ernst Freidrich, Karl Ociepki, Max Reinecke,
Max Johann Schwarzoth (died of wounds 23/4/15), Siegfried Stzelecki,
Wilhelm Schweitzer
Cpl Freidrich Bousche (Medic),
L/Cpl Hans Weidel, Karl Schroeder, Krapohe
Tpr Karl
Burger (1), Karl Burger (2), August Bollmann, Otto Engredt, Gustav
Merker, Louis Pryrl, Karl Ringel, Max Rosenbluth, Gustav Schmidt,
Bogislir Vrunnemann, Gustaf Gieter, Johann Shatkoski, Kurt Klutz, Louis
Facca, Wilhelm Adnerson (wounded), Max Held (Wounded)
Captured at Brakoros 23-3-1915
Cpl. R Osterloh
Privates A Goebel, F Halecker, F. Wieland, L. Marciniak
Captured Arititis 24-3-1915 Cpl A. Tismer, Max Stange