LONG, Cuthbert Jones
Service Number: | 469 |
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Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 August 1870 |
Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Scotch College, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Ticket Writer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Dardenelles, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 44 years |
Cemetery: |
No.2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey Special Memorial, Grave 26 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, No 2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 469, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 469, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 469, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry James Long and Marie Leontine Long nee Lantour of 'Blon', Hotham Street, Elsternwick, Victoria formerly of East Melbourne
At the the aged of 19 he was charged for obscene langauge
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed
Charlie took nine attempts to be enlisted. Aged 44 he successfully enlisted on 29th August 1914 and was accepted to the 7th Battalion