Leslie Holmes DE VIS

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DE VIS, Leslie Holmes

Service Numbers:	2544, 6972
Enlisted:	2 October 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hillston NSW, 21 March 1894
Home Town:	Hughenden, Flinders, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 18 October 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate, Ypres. Panel 27
Memorials:	Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Hillston Memorial Park Gates, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Windsor War Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2544, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6972, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6972, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2544, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2544, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George Holmes De Vis and Adelaide (Ada) De Vis nee Goodwin of Davis Street, Charters Towers, QLD later of Rosemount Street, Windsor, Brisbane, QLD.

Brother of Charles De Vis MM who returned to Australia on 20 August 1919 having served with the 26th Battalion; Frederick Selwyn De Vis who returned to Australia on 26 August 1919 served with the 49th Battalion and Herbert Walter De Vis who returned to Australia on 13 February 1918 having served with the 49th Battalion.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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