Jack LONGDEN

LONGDEN, Jack

Service Number: NX11858
Enlisted: 11 April 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Portland, New South Wales, Australia, 2 April 1913
Home Town: Campsie, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of wounds, New Guinea, 25 October 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Plot CC, Row C, Grave7 Headstone inscription reads: His duty nobly done Roll of Honour - Sydney
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX11858
11 Apr 1940: Enlisted Private, NX11858, Enlisted at Paddingon, NSW
11 Apr 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX11858

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Samuel and Sarah Ellen Longden; husband of Gladys Harriett Longden of Kingsgrove, NSW