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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Kristinestad
• Land Finland
• Last residence Wongan Hills, Western Australia
• Family Son of Eric Andrick Backman and Selma Josephina Backman
• Profession Labourer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 5 July 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
• Service number 6721
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 16th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked Fremantle 9 November 1916; to France 10 April 1917

Death

• Wounded 25 September 1917
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds penetrating chest, n°2 Canadian CCS
• Died at the age of 36
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV - H - 8A

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