The grave of a German officer, Major Wilhelm Karl von dem Hagen, near the Suez Canal, Egypt, who ...

The grave of a German officer, Major Wilhelm Karl von dem Hagen, near the Suez Canal, Egypt, who died 3 February 1915. The cross is made from a wooden oar taken from a Turkish pontoon. Possibly to deter vandals, British or Australian soldiers have heavily encircled the grave site with barbed wire which has been secured and supported by stakes and star pickets. Major Von dem Hagen led a contingent during the abortive Turkish attack across the Sinai Desert to the Canal in February 1915. His body was amongst those found by a British patrol two days after the fighting had ceased. He is now buried in the Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery.