DE VIS, Charles Edwin
| Service Number: | 506 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 April 1915, Enlisted at Charters Towers, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 7 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 31 December 1979, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Charters Towers Boys Central School Great War Honor Board |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 506, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Charters Towers, QLD | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 506, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 506, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 17 Apr 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Citation: During and subsequent to the attack on Lagnicourt on the morning 26th March 1917 this N.C.O. worked most energetically and with the utmost coolness laying and repairing lines through heavy barrage. Subsequent to the attack he remained at the point where shell fire was heaviest, repairing lines as soon as they were cut. He worked without ceasing until the Battalion was relieved and it was almost entirely due to his efforts that communication was maintained between Battalion Headquarters and the front line. London Gazette on 26 May 1917, page 5196, position 8. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 October 1917, page 2662, position 39 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Military Medal |
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Son of George Holmes De Vis and Adelaide (Ada) De Vis nee Goodwin of Davis Street, Charters Towers, QLD.
Brother of Frederick Selwyn De Vis who returned to Australia on 26 August 1919 having served with the 49th 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 4 July 1919 HT Norman disembarking on 20 August 1919 at Sydney then by rail to Brisbane.
Medals: Military Medal, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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