Cuthbert Jones (Charlie) LONG

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Service Number:	469
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

29 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 469, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
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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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

Charlie took nine attempts to be enlisted. Aged 44 he successfully enlisted on 29th August 1914 and was accepted to the 7th Battalion