Charles James "Rappie" Backman (14 April 1884 – 25 April 1915) was an Australian cricketer. He played in one first-class match for South Australia in the 1911–12 Sheffield Shield season.[1][2] He was killed during the Gallipoli Campaign[3] and was the first Australian cricketer who played in the Sheffield Shield to be killed in World War I.[4]
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| Full name | Charles James Backman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 April 1884 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 April 1915 (aged 31) Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1911/12 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 April 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Family
editOne of the nine children of Kaspar Swanton Charles Maclean Bachman (1848-1920),[5] and Mary Anne Backman (1853-1935), née Reid,[6][7] Charles James Bachman (known as Backman), was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 14 April 1884.[8]
One of his brothers, Edward John Backman (1890-1935),[9] and one of his brothers-in-law, Arthur John Benton (-1917),[10] also served in the First AIF.
Military service
editEmployed as a boilermaker, Backman enlisted in the First AIF on 19 August 1914,[11] served overseas and, as a member of the 10th Australian Infantry Battalion, he took part in the landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, in Turkey on Sunday, 25 April 1915.
Death
editHe was killed in action at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey, somewhere between 25 April 1915 and 29 April 1915.[12][13][14][15][16][17]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ "Charles Backman". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Remembering Gallipoli". Bradman Foundation. September 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Charles James Backman". UNSW Canberra. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "How Australian sport dealt with World War I". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Deaths: Backman, The (Adelaide) Express and Telegraph, (Tuesday, 15 June 1920), p.2.
- ^ Marriages: Backman—Reid, The (Adelaide) Express and Telegraph, (Friday, 4 May 1883), p.2.
- ^ Deaths: Backman, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Wednesday, 9 October 1935), p.8.
- ^ Births: Bachman, The South Australian Weekly Chronicle, (Saturday, 19 April 1884), p.4.
- ^ World War One Nominal Roll: Sergeant Charles James Backman (77), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- ^ Roll of Honour: Private Arthur John Benton (4144), Australian War Memorial.
- ^ Sportsmen to the Front, The (Adelaide) Register, (Saturday, 20 February 1915), p.12.
- ^ Australian Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files, 1914-18 War: 1DRL/0428: 77 Sergeant Charles James Backman, 10th Battalion.
- ^ Sergeant Backman's Death, The (Adelaide) Daily Herald, (Tuesday, 7 November 1916), p.4.
- ^ "Charles James Backman". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Heroes of the Great War: Backman, The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 11 November 1916), p.31.
- ^ Honouring Soldiers: The Late Sergeant C.J. Backman, The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 11 November 1916), p.44.
- ^ "From the very beginning both Sergeant Hall and Sergeant Charlie Backman enjoyed the greatest respect and admiration from the men of the company, and their places will never be adequately filled, either as good soldiers or genuine men.": Bradford, J.W.A., "Letter from the Front", West Coast Recorder, (Wednesday, 8 September 1915), p.3: Roll of Honour: Sergeant Anthony Basil McKellar Hall (213), Australian War Memorial.
References
edit- World War One Nominal Roll: Sergeant Charles James Backman (77), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- World War One Embarkation Roll: Sergeant Charles James Backman (77), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- World War One Service Record: Sergeant Charles James Backman (77), National Archives of Australia.
- Roll of Honour: Sergeant Charles James Backman (77), Australian War Memorial.
- Casualty Lists: South Australian Losses: 240th List: South Australia: Killed in Action, The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 11 November 1916), p.42.
