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Private JACOB BACKHOUSE

Service Number: NX33340
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/1 Pnr. Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 June 1941

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

7. P. 9.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Jacob and Elizabeth Backhouse; husband of Mabel Grace Backhouse, of Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription SADLY MISSED BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND FAMILY, MOTHER AND FATHER
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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