
LONG, Clarence
| Service Number: | VX37009 |
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| 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 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, VX37009 | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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.