Notes
Michaelis was born in St Kilda, Victoria 1895 Reg No 24859. Son of Edward Jonas MICHAELIS & Rosette Bloom née PHILLIPS. He was educated at Geelong Grammar School and left for England to study engineering with Messrs Allen Bros, electrical engineers of Bedford. He was employed in the family firm, Michaelis, Hallenstein & Co in London. He enlisted in the Territorial Force as a Sapper in the 1st East Anglian Field Company on 30 May 1912, commissioned in the 2nd East Anglian Field Company on 21 December 1912, promoted Lieutenant on 31 March 1914 and mobilised on 5 August 1914. His unit was sent to Gallipoli, and on 23 September 1915, while repairing part of a trench in the Anzac area, he was mortally wounded by a Turkish sniper and died later that day. He was buried by some of the NCOs and men of his section that night in the 7th (Australian) Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey, beside another officer of the same unit. Cousin: LT Dalbert Hallenstein KIA 2/9/1918, LT Grant Michaelis KIA 23/9/1915 & LT Ray Michaelis returned. Brother of (Sir) LT Archie Reuben Louis Michaelis British Army (19 December 1889-22 April 1975) returned.
John Monash (Monasch) born
in Melbourne, Australia on 27 June 1865, the son of
German Polish Jewish migrants, can be researched in any
military history encyclopaedia or in fact by just
‘Googling’ his name on the internet. His history
and list of achievements are long and far too many to detail
in this brief summary. However, might I say that reading his
history is well worth the effort and I can assure you that
his deeds will amaze you. I have found that the deeds are
better labelled on more than one man and in more than one
lifetime.
An
announcement was made in the weeks leading up to the
Centenary of ANZAC by Judy Landau, President VAJEX Aust.
She stated that it gave her great delight to announce
that VAJEX Aust (Victorian Association of Jewish Ex
& Servicemen & Women Australia Inc) has
successfully raised the required funds to build a new
Victorian Jewish Memorial after the style of the
historic Memorial located in the Jewish section of the
Melbourne General Cemetery. After an extensive two year
process, Judy has single-handedly sought letters of
support, raised the funds, and obtained approval from
the City of Port Phillip.
