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Cuthbert Jones LONG

LONG

Cuthbert Long was born on 28 August 1870 at Melbourne. His parents were Henry James and Marie Leo (née Lantour) Long. He attended Scotch from 1883 to 1886. The 1915 Scotch Collegian says he was remembered for ‘his remarkable artistic abilities’. He left Scotch to attend Wesley College. An obituary in the 1918 The Scotch Collegian says he was not athletic but was popular. He was a fine caricaturist, whose subjects included staff and even the Principal..

Cuthbert was a draper or clerk when he enlisted on 29 August 1914 at Broadmeadows, Victoria. He served in the 7th Battalion with the rank of Private. His Regimental Number was 469.

Cuthbert died on 25 April 1915 at Gallipoli. He was 44 years of age.

Service record

He was known as 'Bert' in his later years at Scotch, and as 'Charlie' in later life. His obituary in The Scotch Collegian calls him ‘full of resource, adaptable and cheerfully optimistic’. After leaving Scotch Bert had become a bank clerk, then went to Western Australia where he worked in odd jobs. He returned to Melbourne as a designing artist. On the outbreak of war, he tried to enlist but was repeatedly knocked back. The Melbourne ‘Herald’ wrote of him as ‘The Forlorn Hope’. On his ninth attempt he was successful.

His obituary says that ‘In camp, on ship, and in Egypt he was the life of the company’ and became a ‘universal favourite’. At the Gallipoli landing, he did not make it ashore, but was ‘killed in the boat, and his body was recovered from the waters.’ He kept a journal, and was reportedly a fine writer. Among his effects at his death was a colour-set.

Cuthbert Long is buried in the No. 2 Outpost Cemetery (Special Memorial No. 26), Gallipoli, Turkey.

Sources:

  1. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
  2. Mishura Scotch Database
  3. National Archives of Australia: NAA: B2455, LONG CUTHBERT JONES
  4. Scotch Collegian 1915 and 1918
  5. The AIF Project, https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=179079

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