George Ernest LONG

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Service Number:	728
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Eastern Hill, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Coghills Creek, Victoria, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Gardenvale, Glen Eira, Victoria
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Malta, 14 August 1915
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot B, Row VI, Grave No. 3
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hampton RSL Gallipoli Memorial Gardens

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19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 728, 6th Infantry Battalion, Eastern Hill, Vic.
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 728, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 728, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 728, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 728, 6th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, BW to spine/buttock sustained during the attack on German Officers Trench. Evacuated by HS to Malta, where he died of his wounds on 14 August 1915.

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