DE SALIS, George William Irving Fane

  1. Service Details
  2. Personal Details
  3. Unit and Rank Details
  4. Commemoration
  5. Notes
  6. Sources

Service Details

Branch of Service
Army
Conflict
World War I (1914-1918)
Date of Enlistment
01/11/1916
Date of Discharge
21/12/1919
Place of Enlistment
Sydney NSW

Personal Details

Gender
Male
Date of Birth
17/02/1889
Place of Birth
Canberra ACT
Address (at enlistment)
'Soglio' via Michelago NSW (previously Tharwa ACT)
School(s) Attended
The King's School, Parramatta NSW
Occupation
Station manager
Next of Kin
George Arthur Charles Fane De Salis (father), 'Soglio' via Michelago NSW

Unit and Rank Details

Service Number
33837
Final Rank
Gunner
Final Unit
1 Field Artillery Brigade AIF

Commemoration

Queanbeyan RSL Wall of Remembrance, Crawford St, Queanbeyan NSW
Michelago Public School Roll of Honour

Notes

George De Salis was the son of George Arthur Charles Fane De Salis and Mary St Lawrence Irving Smith and the grandson of the Rev. Pierce Galliard Smith of St John's Church, Canberra and Emily Philippa Davis. George and his family lived at 'Cuppacumbalong' (near Tharwa) first, then for several years at 'Lambrigg' (near Tharwa) before moving to 'Soglio' Michelago. He helped manage the property 'Soglio' before enlisting for service in World War 1.

De Salis embarked for overseas in May 1917 and arrived in France as a Gunner with the 101st Howitzer Battery in November 1917. He served with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade until the end of the war. He was granted leave from July to September 1919 to attend a farming course at Virginia Water in England.

After the war he bought his own property 'Longfield' at Dalgety, NSW. George married Margaret Raine in 1925 and they had two daughters, Susan and Mary. George and Margaret retired to Sydney where he died on 31 August 1969. He is buried in Sydney.

Description - height 5 feet 9ΒΌ inches, weight 160 pounds, chest 34-38 inches, medium complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, Church of England, scar on left centre chin, mole on right lower chest.

Sources

NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Information provided by Adrienne Bradley

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George De Salis. Image courtesy of Adrienne Bradley.

George De Salis. Image courtesy of Adrienne Bradley.

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