Private Charles Callis
Number: 25210
Company: 74th (Dublin) Company (New), 8th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 31 January 1901
Place: Dublin
Age: 21 years 2 months
Trade of calling: Tracer. According to the Dublin Evening Mail, he was "formerly employed in the Accountants' Office, General Post Office, Dublin."
Place of birth: In the Parish of St Thomas, in or near the Town of Dublin, in the County of Dublin.
Family: Single. Mother Jemima Callis, licensed car owner, 4 North Rutland Place, Dublin.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 7 1/2". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair light brown.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 22 March 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, 1901 clasps.
DEATH
Date: 24 August 1901
Place: Rooikopjes
Cause: Killed in action
Buried/ commemorated: Griquatown, later re-interred in West End Cemetery, Kimberley/ West End Cemetery Memorial, and St Andrew's Church Memorial, Dublin.
This page last updated 29 August 2024.