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| Charles Eric Fabius DE SALIS (1891 - 1917) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Charles Eric Fabius DE SALIS (1891 - 1917) | George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS (1851 - 1931) | Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS (1816 - 1898) | Jerome Hieronimus Fane DE SALIS (1771 - 1836) | |
| Henrietta FOSTER (1790 - 1856) | ||||
| Charlotte F MACDONALD (1819 - 1878) | George MACDONALD (1779 - 1853) | |||
| Sarah MITCHELL (1781 - ) | ||||
| Mary St Lawrence Irving SMITH (1857 - 1927) | Pierce Galliard SMITH (1826 - 1908) | Eglesfield SMITH | ||
| Judith E (SMITH) | ||||
| Emily Phillippa DAVIES (1833 - 1917) | William DAVIES | |||
| Cordelia (DAVIES) |
| b. abt Apr 1891 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 05 Nov 1917 at Palestine aged 26 |
| Parents: |
| George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS (1851 - 1931) |
| Mary St Lawrence Irving SMITH (1857 - 1927) |
| Events in Charles Eric Fabius DE SALIS (1891 - 1917)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| abt Apr 1891 | Charles Eric Fabius DE SALIS was born | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| 20 Aug 1915 | 24 | Enlist AIF | Holdsworthy, New South Wales, Australia | Eric Fane de Salis | |
| 05 Nov 1917 | 26 | Charles Eric Fabius DE SALIS died | Palestine | ||
| 05 Nov 1917 | 26 | Killed in Action | El Khuweilfe, Palestine | ||
| abt 06 Nov 1917 | 26 | Burial | Palestine | Note 1 | |
| Jan 1919 | 27 | Military Medal | |||
| Note 1: Buried unidentified on or about 6-11-17. Probable place of Burial , Khuwelfeh, Plaestine |
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Eric Fane De Salis
Rank Lance Corporal [L Cpl] Service Number 1874 Unit 2nd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Sqdn Service Army Conflict 1914-1918 Date of Death 5 November 1917 Cemetery or Memorial Details 34 Jerusalem Memorial Palestine War Grave Register Notes DE SALIS, Lce. Cpl. Eric Fane, 1874, M.M. 2nd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Sqdn. 5th Nov., 1917. Age 26. Son of George Fane De Salis and Mary St. L. De Salis, of Soglio, Michelago, New South Wales. Source AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army Eric Fane de Salis Eric Fane de Salis was awarded the following honours: Military Medal Service Number 1874 Service Army Rank Lance Corporal Unit 2nd MG Sqn Conflict First World War Date of London Gazette 2 April 1918, page 4023, position 9 Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 7 August 1918, page 1662, position 15 De Salis Eric Fane : SERN 1874 : POB Queanbeyan NSW : POE Holsworthy NSW : NOK F De Salis George Fane 2nd machine gun squad 2nd light horse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Gaza Gaza and Tel el Khuweilfe The shortage of water north of Beersheba compelled Allenby, on the advice of Chetwode and Chauvel, to delay launching the next phase of the battle until 6 November. In the meantime, pressure would be maintained on the Turks in the east in an effort to draw their reserves from Gaza. While the Turks had been driven from Beersheba, they had not been dislodged from the rest of the defensive line. The Turkish left flank had pivoted on their strong defences at Hareira and swung back northwards from Beersheba to a new strong point at Tel El Khuweilfe which commanded the road to the east leading to Hebron as well as the passage to the north-west leading to the coast. On the day after the capture of Beersheba, the British 7th Mounted Brigade (with the Australian 8th Light Horse Regiment attached) raced to Khuweilfe to try to take it before the Turks strengthened the position but arrived too late. For the next four days the British, Australian and New Zealand mounted brigades would attempt to capture the Khuweilfe position. Each night a brigade would be relieved in order to return its horses to the water at Beersheba and another brigade would resume the assault. Finally the infantry of the 53rd Division arrived along with the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade and with artillery support made another assault on 6 November which lasted for two days until finally on the morning of 8 November the Turks abandoned Khuweilfe because of developments elsewhere on the front. Despite the failure to capture Khuweilfe, the pressure had the desired effect of drawing in the Turkish reserves, making the success of British attacks at Gaza and Hareira more likely. The first action at Gaza took place before dawn on 2 November when the 161st and 162nd Brigades of the 54th Division attacked the Turkish trench system in the sand dunes between Gaza and the sea. On this occasion it was a night attack by well prepared troops with overwhelming artillery support and armoured (six tanks). The British infantry advanced about 2 miles on a 5,000 yard front and held their gains against repeated Turkish counter-attacks. Casualty figures were heavy for both sides but this time favoured the British. |
| Source References: |
| 63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ |
| - Reference = Sydney Morning Herlad 7 Mar 1918 (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: FANE DE SALIS.-Killed in action at Khrrwelfa, Palestine, about Nov 6, 1917, Lance-corporal Eric Fane De Salis, Military Medal, son of George Fane De Salis, of Michelago, aged 26 years. |