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The monument commemorates German internees of the Holdsworthy Concentration camp and the 72 men who lost their lives in the camp who were buried within the former St Luke’s Anglican Cemetery.
The memorial consists of two headstones belonging to Fritz Bartmann and Kasper Koboldt which were found in storage at Council’s Depot when restoration works were being undertaken at the park.
Between 1914 and 1918, over 6000 internees were housed at the Holdsworthy Concentration Camp, later known as the Holsworthy Internment Camp. The inmates were treated harshly and more than 80 men died while living at the camp, with 72 men originally buried at St Luke’s Anglican Cemetery. In 1961, at the request of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the majority of those men were exhumed and re-interred in the German Military Cemetery in Tatura, Victoria.
Location
| Address: | 1 - 15 Macquarie Street, Liverpool Pioneers Memorial Park, Liverpool, 2170 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.916714 Long: 150.924303 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW1 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Friday 22nd June, 2018 |
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WORLD WAR 1
GERMAN INTERNEES
In this cemetery, 72 of the more than 5000 German residents interned at Holsworthy Military Camp during World War I were once buried. 31 of them died of Spanish influenza, brought back by AIF troops returning to Australia after the war.
The internees were from the Austro-Hungarian empire, staff of German companies living in Australia, crews of vessels caught in Australian ports and naturalised Australians of German descent. They were interned without trial and often without the knowledge of their families. About 700 of those interned were naturalised British subjects and 70 were Australian born. Many internees were deported to Germany after the war ended.
In 1962, their bodies were disinterred at the request of the German Government and reburied at a memorial cemetery at Tatura, Victoria, for all German war internees from all over Australia. There are now no remains of German internees in Liverpool Pioneers` Menorial Park.
Plaque :
BARTMANN & KOBOLDT MEMORIAL
Fritz Bartmann Kaspar Adam Koboldt
Died 6 June 1917 Died 8 December 1917
In memory of the 72 internees of the Holdsworthy German Concentration Camp * buried at St Luke`s Cemetery 1914 - 1918.
Officially unveiled by
Clr Wendy Waller
Mayor of Liverpool City Council
with
Mr Klaus Steitz
Deputy Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany
on
Friday, 22 June 2018
Deputy Mayor Tina Ayyed Clr Tony Hadchiti Clr Nathan Hagarty Clr Charishma Kalianda Clr Karress Rhodes Clr Gus Balloot Clr Mazhar Hadid Clr Peter Harle Clr Ali Karnib Clr Geoff Shelton
* also known as Holsworthy German Internment Camp
