BACKHOUSE, Allan Norman
| Service Numbers: | 1905, NX12230 / N60371, NX12230, 12230 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Katoomba, New South Wales, 3 December 1899 |
| Home Town: | Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draughtsman, Trustee Officer & Clerk |
| Died: | Sydney, 20 April 1965, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Wall 17, Section 12 |
| Memorials: | Burwood Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1905, 1st Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1905, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1905, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 23 Jun 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
| 22 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 28 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1905, 1st Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 3 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, NX12230 / N60371, Paddington, NSW | |
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| 3 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, NX12230 | |
| 19 Oct 1940: | Embarked 12230, From Sydney to England | |
| 23 Jun 1942: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 17 May 1944: | Transferred 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to 3rd Australian Water Transport | |
| 5 Oct 1945: | Embarked 12230, for Morotai | |
| 26 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), 12230, HQ 2nd Australian Water Transport Division |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Allan Norman BACKHOUSE was born on 3rd December, 1899 at Katoomba, NSW
His parents were Clive Norman BACKHOUSE and Sarah Jane REID who married in 1889 in Bathurst, NSW
He enlisted in Liverpool NSW on 16th January 1915 with the 1st Battalion and was transferred to the 3rd Battalion - he left Sydney with the 5th Reinforcements on board HMAT Kyarra on 13th April, 1915
He returned to Australia on 30th April, 1919 after seeing war service in Egypt, Gallipoli and the Western Front & was discharged in Sydney on 13th August, 1919
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal & the Returned from Active Service Badge - he was also Mentioned in Dispatches (MID)
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After WW1 Allan enlisted in the Indian Army in 1920-21 for 2 years full time Service - in 1936 he married Eleanor Stanley BLOOME in Sydney & commenced full time war service on 23rd December, 1939 & was appointed Lieutenant of the 18th Battalion on 24th October, 1939 & promoted to Captain on 1st May, 1940
Allan then enlisted for WW2 on 3rd May, 1940 in Paddington, Sydney
He served in the Middle East. South West Pacific , Borneo & Morotai in WW2 - he returned from Suez to Fremantle on 14th June, 1942 on the ship Clan Macauley
He was a Captain of 2/13th Battalion on 1st May, 1940 and on 29th July, 1940 he was a Senior Officer of the 20th Battalion
He relinquished command of the 1st Australian Water Transport on 3rd August, 1943 & appointed to command 3rd Water Transpor
He was appointed a Temporary Major on 11th February, 1942 & transferred to the 3rd Australian Water Transport on 29th January, 1944
He relinquished command of HQ, 2nd Australian Water Transport and placed on RSL retirement on 11th December, 1945
He was discharged on 26th January 1946 - posting at Discharge Headquarters 2nd Australian Water Transport Division
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Allan died on 20th April, 1965 and was cremated at Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens, North Ryde, Sydney
His brother Noel Paxton BACKHOUSE (SN 929) served with the 6th Light Horse Regiment in WW1 and returned to Australia on 22nd December, 1919
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Promotions
Lieutenant 24.10.1939
Temporary Captain 15.3.1940
Captain 1.5.1940 - 2/13th Infantry Battalion
Captain 11.2.1942
Temporary Lieutenant Colonel 1.9.1942
Commanding Officer 24.10.1942 Water Transport group
Lieutenant Colonel 28.4.1943
Some of his records are difficult to read -not all are listed above
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