Eric James Fane DE SALIS (1918

Eric James Fane DE SALIS (1918 - 2002)

Tropical Institute Townsville, Head of Pathology Royal Canberra Hospital

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
David Anthony DE SALIS (1944 - 1963) Living Living	Eric James Fane DE SALIS (1918 - 2002) + Dorothy PRATT (1920 - 2004)	Rodolph Leopold Pierce (Tony) Fane DE SALIS (1886 - 1957)	George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS (1851 - 1931)	Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS (1816 - 1898)
				Charlotte F MACDONALD (1819 - 1878)
			Mary St Lawrence Irving SMITH (1857 - 1927)	Pierce Galliard SMITH (1826 - 1908)
				Emily Phillippa DAVIES (1833 - 1917)
		Eileen Christian ELWORTHY (1892 - 1956)	Arthur Ernest ELWORTHY (1866 - 1935)	James Baker ELWORTHY (1833 - 1889)
				Henrietta Sophia Jane LARGE (1846 - 1915)
			Leah Christian ISAAC (1865 - 1930)	John ISAAC (1827 - 1895)
				Elizabeth (Lizzie) KING (1821 - 1905)

b. 18 Mar 1918 at Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia

m. 22 Jun 1943 Dorothy PRATT (1920 - 2004) at Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

d. 14 Feb 2002 at Canberra, ACT, Australia aged 83

Near Relatives of Eric James Fane DE SALIS (1918 - 2002)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	George Arthur Charles Fane DE SALIS	1851	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	Dec 1931	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	80
Grandmother	Mary St Lawrence Irving SMITH	1857	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	18 Jul 1927	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	70
Grandfather	Arthur Ernest ELWORTHY	18 Jan 1866	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	19 May 1935	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	69
Grandmother	Leah Christian ISAAC	15 Aug 1865	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	03 Feb 1930	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	64

Father	Rodolph Leopold Pierce (Tony) Fane DE SALIS	08 Aug 1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	21 Feb 1957	Canberra, ACT, Australia	70
Mother	Eileen Christian ELWORTHY	19 Oct 1892	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	10 Sep 1956	Canberra, ACT, Australia	63

Self	Eric James Fane DE SALIS	18 Mar 1918	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	14 Feb 2002	Canberra, ACT, Australia	83

Wife	Dorothy PRATT	28 Apr 1920		27 Oct 2004	Canberra, ACT, Australia	84

Son	David Anthony DE SALIS	23 May 1944	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia	bef 02 Sep 1963	Canberra, ACT, Australia	19
Daughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Son	Living or Recently Deceased

Brother	William Arthur Fane DE SALIS	09 Jun 1916	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	26 Nov 1999	Canberra, ACT, Australia	83
Brother	John David DE SALIS	23 Oct 1923	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia

Son in Law	Living or Recently Deceased

Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased

Uncle	Arthur Rodolph Fane DE SALIS	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Aunt	Charlotte Fane DE SALIS	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1965	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	85
Aunt	Mary (May) Fane DE SALIS	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jan 1962	Michelago, New South Wales, Australia	81
Aunt	Nina Emily Violet Fane DE SALIS	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	22 Jul 1970	Canberra, ACT, Australia	87
Aunt	Emily Henrietta Georgina DE SALIS	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	09 Apr 1966	Canberra, ACT, Australia	81
Uncle	George William Irving Fane DE SALIS	1889	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	31 Aug 1969	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia	80
Aunt	Margaret RAINE	1902	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle	Charles Eric Fabius DE SALIS	abt Apr 1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	05 Nov 1917	Palestine	26
Uncle	Frederick Arthur ELWORTHY	31 Jan 1891	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	23 Jan 1967	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	75
Aunt	Viola Janet (VJ) HANSEN	18 Apr 1893	New South Wales, Australia	06 Aug 1987	Wynnum, Queensland, Australia	94
Uncle	James Baker ELWORTHY	07 Jul 1894	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	01 May 1965	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia	70
Aunt	Doris Henrietta (Dobbie) ELWORTHY	17 May 1896	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	21 Nov 1975	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia	79
Uncle	Douglas Ian FREW-BROWN	1901	Blantyre, Scotland	30 May 1961	Leeton, New South Wales, Australia	60
Uncle	John Douglas ELWORTHY	15 Jun 1898	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	01 Mar 1942	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	43
Aunt	Heather Lillian Jane CRAIG	20 May 1903	Kiama, New South Wales, Australia	02 Jan 1995	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia	91

Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Frank Arthur Ernest ELWORTHY	30 May 1919	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	20 Dec 2000	West Gosford, New South Wales, Australia	81
Cousin	Nancye Leah ELWORTHY	19 Apr 1922	Harden, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	William John ELWORTHY	11 Dec 1923	Harden, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Robert Fitch Ross ELWORTHY	13 Feb 1928	Crowther, New South Wales, Australia	07 Oct 1990	Albury, New South Wales, Australia	62
Cousin	Macarthur Arthur James (Cookie) ELWORTHY	16 Aug 1933	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	abt 2008	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	75
Cousin	Jean ELWORTHY	22 Oct 1925		18 Jun 1992	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	66
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Leah Doreen ELWORTHY	17 Dec 1930	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	25 Apr 1961		30
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased

Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased

Sister in Law	Althea (Thea) Florence MOUAT	1917	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Heather Marjorie CHAMPION	18 Jan 1924	Maidstone, Kent, England

Events in Eric James Fane DE SALIS (1918 - 2002)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
18 Mar 1918		Eric James Fane DE SALIS was born	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
23 Apr 1943	25	Enlisted - Army	Canberra, ACT, Australia
22 Jun 1943	25	Married Dorothy PRATT (aged 23)	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia	11234/1943
23 May 1944	26	Birth of son David Anthony DE SALIS	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
11 Jul 1946	28	Discharged
10 Sep 1956	38	Death of mother Eileen Christian ELWORTHY (aged 63)	Canberra, ACT, Australia
21 Feb 1957	38	Death of father Rodolph Leopold Pierce (Tony) Fane DE SALIS (aged 70)	Canberra, ACT, Australia
bef 02 Sep 1963	45	Death of son David Anthony DE SALIS (aged 19)	Canberra, ACT, Australia	Car crash
14 Feb 2002	83	Eric James Fane DE SALIS died	Canberra, ACT, Australia

Personal Notes:

Eileen and Tony's second son was Eric James born 18 Mar 1918 at Gundagai. The world of 1918 was still in upheaval - Russian Ex-Czar Nicholas and his family were executed; the Allied offensive on the Western Front opened and a world-wide influenza epidemic struck. On 11 Nov the Armistice was signed. The total cost of this "war to end all wars" was 8.5 million killed, 21 million wounded, 7.5 million prisoners and missing; and 15 million tons of shipping lost. Daily war expenditure for all belligerents was a staggering $164.5 million! On a happier note, May Gibbs' Snugglepot and Cuddlepie was published.
Eric was educated at Canberra Grammar until 1936 then Sydney University where he graduated in Medicine in 1942. At Mosman on 22 June the following year, he wed Dorothy PRATT born 28 Api 1920. When war came Eric served in the AIF and RAMC in Australia, New Guinea and Borneo.
Following his discharge, he specialised in Pathology and gained Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia. Some early working years were spent at the Tropical Institute at Townsville and he also spent 12 months in England doing postgraduate work in various London hospitals - but the majority of Eric's working life was spent as Head of Pathology at the Royal Canberra Hospital.

Service Record
Name DE SALIS, ERIC JAMES FANE
Service Australian Army
Service Number TX6477
Date of Birth 18 Mar 1918
Place of Birth GUNDAGAI, NSW
Date of Enlistment 23 Apr 1943
Locality on Enlistment CANBERRA, ACT
Place of Enlistment LAUNCESTON, TAS
Next of Kin DE SALIS, DOROTHY
Date of Discharge 11 Jul 1946
Rank Captain
Posting at Discharge 2/3 ANTI AIRCRAFT REGIMENT
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No

DE SALIS ERIC JAMES FANE : Service Number - TX6477 : Date of birth - 18 Mar 1918 : Place of birth - GUNDAGAI NSW : Place of enlistment - LAUNCESTON TAS : Next of Kin - DE SALIS DOROTHY

From The Canberra Times 7 July 1943
De Salis-Pratt

The wedding was celebrated on June 22, at St Clements' Church, Mosman, of Dorothy, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Pratt, of "Southwood," Clifton Gardens, and Captain Eric Fane De Sails, A.A.M.C., second, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Fane De Sails, "Wes- ton," Canbera.

The ceremony was performed by Canon A. H. Garnsey, Warden of St. Paul's College, assisted by the Rev. R. J. Hewett.

The bride wore an old world gown of white taffeta and lace. She was attended by her sister, Miss Margaret Pratt, and Roslyn Shirley was flower girl.

The bridegroom's brother, Flying Officer W. A. Fane De Salis, was best man.

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Down Under, Title: Devon to Down Under, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997

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