Timeline

The life and times of Wolf Klaphake, 1900–67

5 March 1900

Wolf Klaphake born in Zeitz, Germany

1 January 1901

His father Josef Klaphake dies and the Klaphakes move to Leipzig

7 June 1903

Maria Kriskovsky (Krischkowski) born in Hermsdorf, Germany

28 July 1914

World War I begins when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

1918

Serves with 77th Artillery Regiment in Belgium

9 November 1918

Revolution in Berlin, proclamation of a republic by Social Democrat Philipp Scheidemann in Berlin, and abdication of Emperor William II

11 November 1918

Armistice signalling the end of World War I

28 June 1919

German representatives sign Treaty of Versailles

1923

Hyperinflation in Germany

1923

Graduates as a Doctor of Science

1923

Starts work as a chemist with the Schering-Kahlbaum company in Berlin

9 November 1923

Failed Hitler putsch in Munich

1928

Begins to study chemistry at the University of Leipzig

24 October 1929

Collapse of the stock market in New York, and beginning of worldwide recession

July 1932

Elections in Germany and the Nazi Party becomes strongest party in the German parliament

30 January 1933

Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

14 October 1935

Wolf and Maria Klaphake emigrate to Australia, arriving in Melbourne on the Moldovia

26 April 1939

Robert Menzies sworn in as Australia's Prime Minister

1 September 1939

Germany invades Poland and World War II begins

3 September 1939

Australia declares war on Germany

25 January 1940

First internees arrive at Tatura, Victoria

4 June 1940

British and French troops evacuated from Dunkirk

10 June 1940

Italy enters World War II

10 June 1940

Wolf Klaphake interned in Orange (New South Wales) Internment Camp

29 September 1940

Transferred to Tatura Internment Camp

7 December 1940

Appeals against internment

20 May 1941

Aliens Tribunal begins two-day hearing of Klaphake's case in Melbourne

11 June 1941

First internees arrive at Loveday near Barmera, South Australia

22 June 1941

Germany invades Soviet Union

7 December 1941

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, the US military base in Hawaii

9 December 1941

Australia declares war on Japan

29 January 1942

Transferred to Loveday Internment Camp

15 February 1942

Fall of Singapore

19 February 1942

Japan bombs Darwin, Northern Territory

17 March 1942

Maria Klaphake interned in Liverpool Internment Camp in New South Wales

20 March 1942

Maria Klaphake transferred to Tatura Internment Camp

28 April 1942

Wolf Klaphake transferred to Tatura Internment Camp

10 February 1943

Maria Klaphake released from internment

15 February 1943

Wolf Klaphake transferred to Loveday Internment Camp

24 April 1944

Aliens Tribunal re-hears Klaphake's case in Adelaide

30 August 1944

Wolf Klaphake released from internment

2 March 1945

Maria Klaphake dies in Sydney

7 May 1945

Germany surrenders

2 September 1945

Japan surrenders and World War II ends

6 November 1945

Wolf Klaphake marries Alice Wilton

24 September 1946

Wolf Klaphake naturalised

1947

Wolf and Alice Klaphake move to Casula, Sydney

7 January 1947

Van Klaphake born

18 June 1949

Zita Klaphake born

1967

Wolf Klaphake dies in Sydney, New South Wales

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