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.