Thomas Henry BACKUS

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Service Number:	5253
Enlisted:	16 January 1916, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	St Augustine's Catholic School, Yarraville, Victoria
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Illness (Small pox), Egypt, 26 May 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row M, Grave 120 Chaplain J.J. Prendergast, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Footscray Town Hall Roll of Honour

16 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
14 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5253, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5253, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
Date unknown:	Involvement 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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14 Battalion

Rank - Private

Died in Government Fever Hospital, Cairo

Husband of Mary Jane Backus, 36 Molesworth Street, North Melbourne, Victoria