Clarence (Clarrie) LONG

LONG, Clarence

Service Number: VX37009
Enlisted: 11 July 1940
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Richmond, Victoria, Australia , 22 October 1906
Home Town: Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Salesman
Died: Accidental , 2nd/2nd Australian General Hospital, Rocky Creek, Atherton, Tableland, Queensland, Australia, 2 January 1945, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Atherton War Cemetery, Queensland
Burial reference: - Plot C. Row A. Grave 7. Personal Inscription: - "OUR DEAR 'CLARRIE' HIS MEMORY IS HALLOWED IN THE LAND HE LOVED".
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Lance Corporal, VX37009
11 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX37009
2 Jan 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX37009, Died as a result of injuries received in army vehicle accident on Gordonvale Road, Queensland.

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Robert John Roof Long and Margaret Jane Williams married 30th March 1891 in Burnley, Victoria, Australia at St. Bartholomew's Church of England.

Fate: - Court of Inquiry held 9th January 1945, established that Lance Corporal Clarence Long died as a result of injuries (chest and abdominal) received on Gordonvale Road, North Queensland when the army truck he was travelling in skidded off the road and overturned down an embankment.