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Private ROBERT JOSEPH BACKHOUSE

Service Number: 3109
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

45th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. J. 23.

France

Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard - special memorial to Private N Wildgoose and Private J T Allen, who are buried elsewhere in the churchyard.

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

CH

Photographer: Mark Weston

Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

CH

Photographer: Mark Weston

Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

CH/PM

Photographer: Mark Weston

Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

CH

Photographer: Mark Weston

Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

CH

Photographer: Mark Weston

Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

CH

Photographer: Mark Weston

Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

PM

Photographer: Mark Weston

SM

Photographer: Mark Weston

Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

CH

Photographer: Mark Weston

  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Ellen Backhouse; husband of Teresa M. Backhouse, of 46, Palace St., Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Bateman's Bay, New South Wales.
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GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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