South African Military History Society

German military graves in Maitland Cemetery


Photo: Gavin Withers

Location
Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Maitland Cemetery, Voortrekker Road, Maitland
Military Section (CWGC Plot) immediately behind the CWGC Memorial
GPS : 33 deg 54 min 58.1 sec S, 18 deg 31 min 41.27 sec E

Significance
Maitland Cemetery in Cape Town has five German WW 2 military graves.

These are the only identified German soldiers buried there. They all died in 1942.
Their names are
Gefreiter Theo Karcher
Feldwebel Frederich Gotze
Unteroffizier Martin Kraus
Gefreiter Willi Katz
Leutnant Gerhard Laug

Further reading
Five Afrika Korps graves in Cape Town

Sites in the vicinity
Conductor H.H. Glasock VC
Sergeant Thomas Edward Rendle, VC
German military graves in Maitland Cemetery

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