Arthur Henry LONG MM

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LONG, Arthur Henry

Service Number:	2714
Enlisted:	30 May 1915, Place of Enlistment Liverpool New South Wales.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Normanton, Queensland, Australia, 31 March 1891
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales. Australia, 1 July 1934, aged 43 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Memorials:	Normanton Carpentaria Shire Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

30 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2714, 13th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment Liverpool New South Wales.
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2714, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2714, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
9 Aug 1915:	Promoted Lance Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion
13 Sep 1916:	Honoured Military Medal

Arthur Henry Long, Military Medal

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Military Medal

'During the operations north west of POZIERES, 29th to 31st August, 1916, the work of Signaller LONG was the means of keeping the Battalion in telephonic communication with Brigade Headquarters> in his duties as a linesman he would go out regardless of heavy shelling by the enemy and patrol his lines, making repairs and putting down new lines at any hour of the day or night. In one period of ten hours he repaired eight consecutive lines, as shell fire continually broke them down.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62
Date: 19 April 1917.

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