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Harold Stanley LONGWILL

Regimental number102
Place of birthNorth Carlton, Victoria
SchoolCentral State School, Richmond, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCabinetmaker
Address54 Peers Street, West Richmond, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinH.W. Longwill, 54 Peers Street, West Richmond, Victoria
Previous military service26th Signal Company Army Engineers; Served in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentTrumpeter
Unit nameDivisional Signal Company 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/11/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Divisional Signal Company
FateDied of wounds 30 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 46), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harry and Sarah LONGWILL, 54 Peer Street, West Richmond, Victoria

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