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LONG, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 843 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 January 1915, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Division Signals |
| Born: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 5 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer . |
| Died: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 29 September 1997, aged 99 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Forest View Cemetery, Cairns, Queensland RSL Section Row 9. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 843, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland. | |
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| 20 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 843, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney | |
| 20 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 843, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Imperial Camel Corps , ICC 13th Company | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Imperial Camel Corps , 3rd Anzac Imperial Camel Brigade | |
| 16 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, 4th Anzac Battalion. | |
| 17 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal | |
| 1 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Division Signals, 2nd Signal Squadron, 5th Signal Trp. |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Dec 1941: | Enlisted |
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