George Henry LONG

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Service Number:	6764
Enlisted:	31 July 1916, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Forcett. Tasmania, 1895
Home Town:	Dunalley, Sorell, Tasmania
Schooling:	Hutchins School, Hobart
Occupation:	Storekeeper's Assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 July 1918
Cemetery:	Borre British Cemetery Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 20
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sorell War Memorial

31 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6764, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas.
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6764, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Palermo embarkation_ship_number: A56 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6764, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Palermo, Melbourne

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Son of George and Margaret Cicely Long, of Dunalley, Tasmania.

BEHOLD I COME QUICKLY LORD LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM

His parents donated the stone for the Saint Martins Church, Dunalley as a memorial to the soldiers of The Great War