Carl Wilhelm JANSSEN

JANSSEN, Carl Wilhelm

    Service Number: 757
    Enlisted: 18 August 1914, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sebastapol, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1887
    Home Town: Mentone, Kingston, Victoria
    Schooling: Cambrian Hill State, School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Engraver
    Died: Died of wounds - abdomen, At sea on board SS City of Benares, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 26 April 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Buried at sea , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Magpie State School Honor Roll Book, Magpie State School No. 2271 Honour Roll, Mentone Memorial Gates, Mentone St. Augustine's Anglican Church Memorial Window
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 757, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
    18 Sep 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Promoted prior to embarkation
    21 Oct 1914: Involvement Lance Corporal, 757, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
    21 Oct 1914: Embarked Lance Corporal, 757, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of  Frank (Inuk Pavia Luplau) Jansssen and Margaret Elizabeth Catherine Janssen nee Scopie of 1 Barry Street, Mentone, Victoria. Brother of Beatrice Louise Janssen, Ernek Valdermer Janssen who was killed in action about 8 May 1915 while serving with the 5th Battalion and Naja Alice Janssen

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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