| Unit |
5th Battalion |
Rank |
Lance Corporal |
Service no. |
757 |
| Date of Death |
26 April 1915 |
Place of Death |
At sea - on S. S. City of
Benares, from injuries received at the landing |
Age
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27 |
| Cemetery |
Lone Pine Memorial |
Details |
Panel 24 |
| Epitaph |
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| Next of Kin |
(Father) JANSSEN
Inuk J |
| Parents |
Inuk P J and Margaret
JANSSEN |
Nessway, Barry
St, Mentone VIC |
| Date of Birth |
1887 |
Place of birth |
VIC Sebastopol, Ballarat |
Source |
VIC B,D&M |
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| General |
Carl Janssen landed at
Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. The boat that both brothers were in
was hit by a shell. Carl received a wound to the abdomen.
He died at 11:45am on 26 April on the S. S. City of Benares.
He was buried at sea between Gallipoli and Alexandria.
Source: Army Service papers, National Archives of
Australia (source 8) |
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Other Sources |
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Photo |
- The Australasian newspaper, 15 May August 1915, page vii,
(source 31)
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Photo |
Australian War Memorial -
AWM H05579 (source 7) |
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Photo |
The Sydney Mail Newspaper,
12 May 1915 (source 15) |
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Photo |
The Argus Newspaper,
4 May 1915, page 8 (source 42) |
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Newspaper article |
The Argus Newspaper,
5 May 1915, page 10 (source 42) |
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Family details |
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Headstone |
http//web.warracksc.vic.edu.au (source 54) |
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Notes |
See Gallipoli Heroes – a
tribute to the men from Western Victoria who gave their lives
for their country. MASSEY, Graeme, page 63 (source
19) |
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Various |
Army Service papers,
National Archives of Australia (source 8) |
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