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Accession Number | 1DRL/0080 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
Object type | Letter |
Maker |
Backman, Percival Stanley |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Date made | 1928 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Backman, Percival Stanley (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1917)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Percival Stanley Backman, 6 Battalion, Salisbury, England, 1917. Collection consists of a copy of a letter to family describing 63 Battalion's march to Salisbury Plain. Copy made 1928 in response to Memorial's request. Location of originals unknown.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Lieutenant Percival Stanley Backman, 6 Battalion, AIF. Killed in action, Belgium, 4 October 1917. Age 23. Son of John Engelbert Backman and Rachel Backman, of 8 Derrick St., Kew. Victoria.