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Name	Geoffrey de Talworth Backhouse
Born	1890 Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	4 October, 1917 (aged ~ 27) France
Cause of Death	killed in action
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Chomley, Ethel Beatrice (aunt) Backhouse, Alfred Paxton (uncle) à Beckett, Emma (grandmother) Backhouse, Benjamin (grandfather) à Beckett, William Arthur (grandfather)
Education *	Haileybury College (Brighton, Melbourne) (student, 1902-1904) Scotch College (Melbourne) (student, 1905-1907)
Occupation or Descriptor *	farmer (1910-1916) Victoria, Australia soldier (1916-1917) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (soldier)

* Dates are approximate

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