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LONGBOTHAM, Harold Eric Anthony

Service Numbers:	3900, S212423, SX3900
Enlisted:	2 October 1939
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, SA, 3 July 1899
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	MINER
Died:	Illness, New Guinea, 20 October 1943, aged 44 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Terowie Institute Honour Board

World War 1 Service

22 Mar 1918:	Embarked Private, 3900, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
22 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 3900, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

2 Oct 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, S212423
2 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, S212423
2 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
28 May 1940:	Discharged
29 May 1940:	Involvement SX3900, 27th Infantry Battalion
29 May 1940:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
29 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, SX3900
Date unknown:	Involvement

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