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Hector Charles LONG

Regimental number699
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
SchoolPrivate School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Charles Long, Barington Street, Newtown, Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date26 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name40th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Distinguished Conduct Medal


Recommendation date: 3 December 1917

FateKilled in Action 28 March 1919
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 59), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Margaret LONG, 76 Close Street, New Town, Tasmania. Native of Hobart, Tasmania

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