Ernek Valdemar JANSSEN

JANSSEN, Ernek Valdemar

    Service Number: 359
    Enlisted: 15 August 1914, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sebastapol, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1891
    Home Town: Mentone, Kingston, Victoria
    Schooling: Cambrian Hill State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Storeman
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, 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

    15 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 359, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
    21 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 359, 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 Private, 359, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Inuk Pavia Luplau Janssen and Margaret Elizabeth Catherine Janssen nee Scopie of 1 Barry Street, Mentone, Victoria. Brother of Beatrice Louise Janssen and Carl Wilhelm Janssen who died of wounds at sea on 26 April 1915 having served with the 5th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on the Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 24

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

    Also served with the Citizen Military Forces

     

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