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LONGSTAFF, William Leonard
| Service Number: | 671 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Semaphore, South Australia, 12 May 1887 |
| Home Town: | Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | West Hindmarsh, South Australia, 9 September 1948, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hindmarsh Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 671, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 671, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 671, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 671, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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William Leonard Longstaff
MiD - Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30107 (1 June 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 (4 October 1917).
Recommendation date: 9 March 1917
"For gallant and distinguished services in the Field."
"At Zenith Trench, Corporal Longstaff, under heavy artillery fire on the night of the 8th/9th December 1916 took a machine gun into No Man's Land and covered the advance of a raiding party. Althought severly wounded, he contined at his post until the raid was over. He has previously shown considerable skill and enterprise, and his courage is undoubted. On the previous night he reconnoitred and selected position for the gun."
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