The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Pre-war studio portrait of 359 Private (Pte) Ernek Valdemar Janssen, 5th Battalion from Mentone, Victoria wearing the uniform of the 49th Prahran Militia Battalion. A 23 year old storeman and member of the Militia prior to enlisting in the AIF on 15 August 1914, he embarked for overseas with E Company, 5th Infantry Battalion from Melbourne on 21 October 1914 aboard HMAT Orvieto. While serving with the battalion at Gallipoli, he was killed in action in the attack on Krithia on 8 May 1915. Pte Janssen is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey with others who have no known grave. His older brother, 757 Lance Corporal Carl Wilhelm Janssen also served with the 5th Battalion at Gallipoli and died of wounds received in action on 26 April 1915. [See image H05579.]
Pre-war studio portrait of 757 Lance Corporal Carl Wilhelm Janssen, 5th Battalion from Mentone, Victoria. A 26 year old engraver prior to enlisting on 18 August 1914, he embarked for overseas with G C
Collection relating to the service of Lance Corporal Carl Wilhelm Janssen, 5 Battalion, AIF, at sea, Egypt, 1914-1915. Collection consists of two letters from Lance Corporal Janssen to friends in Melb
Collection relating to the service of Lance Corporal Carl Wilhelm Janssen, 5 Battalion, AIF, at sea, Egypt, 1914-1915. Collection consists of two letters from Lance Corporal Janssen to friends in Mel
Original grave of 183 Private (Pte) Sydney Gordon Foster, B Company, 5th Battalion, of Prahran, Vic, in Cairo Cemetery. A grocer prior to enlisting on 18 August 1914, he embarked from Melbourne aboard
Studio portrait of 440 Private (Pte) Walter Harold Beadle, 5th Battalion from Brighton, Victoria. A 23 year old carpenter prior to enlisting as Harold Beadle on 20 August 1914, he embarked for oversea
Studio portrait of 648 Private (Pte) Carl Amos, 1st Battalion, of Bathurst, NSW. Prior to enlisting on 19 August 1914, Amos worked as a storeman at Holdsworth & McPhersons's emporium in Sydney. He emb
