Regimental number | 406 |
Place of birth | Maryborough, Queensland |
School | East Maryborough State School, Queensland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Granville, Maryborough, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 9.5" |
Weight | 147 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs F. Back, Granville, Maryborough, Queenslamd |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Maryborough, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 15th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 21 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 45), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 74 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frederick and Teresa Ann Back, Granville, Maryborough, Queensland |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915. Wounded in action, 13 May 1915 (gun shot wound, left shoulder); admitted to 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, 13 May 1915; transferred to 17th Australian General Hospital, 14 June 1915; to Convalescent Hospital, Mustapha, 23 June 1915; rejoined Bn, Gallipoli, 19 July 1915. Killed in action, 8 August 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BACK Herbert Stanley |