DE VIS, Frederick Selwyn
| Service Number: | 3802 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Postal Corps |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 17 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 4 June 1959, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3802, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD | |
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| 31 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3802, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3802, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane | |
| 2 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, From 25th Battalion | |
| 5 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Army Postal Corps, From 49th Battalion | |
| 20 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3802, Australian Army Postal Corps, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Holmes De Vis and Adelaide (Ada) De Vis nee Goodwin of Davis Street, Charters Towers, QLD.
Brother of Charles De Vis MM who returned to Australia on 20 August 1919 having served with the 26th Battalion; Herbert Walter De Vis who returned to Australia on 13 February 1918 having served with the 49th Battalion and Leslie Holmes De Vis who was killed in action on 18 October 1917 while serving with the 42nd Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Menin Gate, Ypres, Panel 27.
Commenced return to Australia on 12 July 1919 aboard HT City of Essex disembarking on 26 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal