Home > OBITUARY OF MR. J DULDIG
Mr Johann Duldig, one of the pioneers of the Pieters Hill District, adjacent to
Riverton, died on April 23. The deceased was born in 1825 at Tauer,
Prussia, and with his wife arrived in South Australia on January 28,
1856. Within a few weeks of landing he settled among his
countrymen at Pieters Hill, and remained there for the rest of
his life. He became a foundation officer and lifelong
member of the Lutheran Church in the German settlement nestling
beneath the Barossa Ranges, and was a fine type of citizen.
Mr. Duldig was one of the few remaining soldiers of his homeland who
at the request of the Prussian Government shouldered arm and took
part in the great revolution on 1848, and assisted in keeping order.
He was afterwards engaged in the assault on the fortifications of
Dieppe. The deceased has left a widow, who is 80 years
old, and three sons - Messrs. F. Duldig (Baldina) Gustav Duldig (Pieters
Hill), and H. Duldig (Adelaide) There are 29 grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren. 4.5.1912
Excerpt from the Observer.