Born 8 August 1917 in Nosislav near Hustopeče. In the late 1930s he attended the Military Academy in Hranice. In 1939 he left the country illegally, travelling to Poland and then to the USSR. As an infantry officer he participated in the Battle of Sokolovo in March 1943, later joining a tank unit. During the Ostrava-Opava operation Janko commanded the First Czechoslovak Independent Tank Brigade. At the end of the war he was appointed the military commander for Moravian Ostrava and Silesia. After the war he continued in his military career, rising to the rank of General. He committed suicide on 14 March 1968.
