Jacob BACKHOUSE

BACKHOUSE, Jacob

Service Number: NX33340
Enlisted: 21 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/1st Pioneer Battalion
Born: Picton, New South Wales, 12 August 1905
Home Town: Picton, Wollondilly, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor driver
Died: Killed in Action, Egypt, 27 June 1941, aged 35 years
Cemetery: Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

21 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, NX33340
21 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX33340, 2nd/1st Pioneer Battalion
27 Jun 1941: Involvement Private, NX33340, 2nd/1st Pioneer Battalion, Siege of Tobruk

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