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Henry Robert LONGMAN

Regimental number7771
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolSt Peter's School, London, England
Other trainingPolice Officer, Bombay City Police, India
Age on arrival in Australia31
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressNungarin, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ethel Winnifred Longman, Nungarin, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 6 years (1906-12) as Private, 14th King's Hussars, British Army.
Enlistment date26 February 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 26th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 1 August 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 April 1918
Place of death or woundingHebuterne, France
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialGommecourt Cemetery No 2 (Plot III, Row A, Grave No 26), Foncquevillers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
80
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Henry and Mary LONGMAN; Wife: Ethel Winifred LONGMAN, Nungarin, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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