Leutnant Johann Ludolf Henry Oelkers - Hamburg, Deutschland
N 53° 37.465 E 010° 03.592
32U E 570096 N 5942257
Gedenkstein für den 25jährigen Leutnant Johann Ludolf Henry Oelkers auf dem Ohlsdorfer Friedhof
Waymark Code: WMVVQC
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Date Posted: 05/30/2017
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The memorial stone for the 25-year-old lieutenant Johann Ludolf Henry Oelkers decorates a marble order with an officer's helmet and an smallsword.
It is located on the Mittelallee of the Ohlsdorf cemetery near the German soldiers' tombs from the First World War.
Text:
Zum Gedächtnis unseres geliebten Bruders
Johann Ludolf Henry Oelkers
Leutnant im Pionier Batl. No.2
Inhaber des Eisernen Kreuzes
geb. den 21. Nov. 1889
gest. den Heldentod für's Vaterland
am 2. Nov. 1914 bei Wytschaele
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Gates for cars:
April to October from 9 am to 9 pm,
November to March from 9 am to 6 pm
The gates for pedestrians are open from 6 am.
Entrance fees (if it applies): free
Type of memorial: Monument
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