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22 June 2001, 02:38 PM
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Yesterday 107 year old Roy Longmore passed away in his sleep. His passing leaves 102-year-old Alec Campbell as the last surviving Digger from the Gallipoli campaign.
For those interested below is Roy Longmore's bio courtesy of the Department of Veteran Affairs; Roy Longmore was a motor driver and mechanic in Melbourne before enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in July 1915 at the Geelong Town Hall. He arrived at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli on 12 October 1915, serving as a Bombardier - a treacherous task that involves digging tunnels towards enemy trenches and, once close enough, bombing them. At the conclusion of that campaign, he returned to Egypt, transferred to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion and embarked for France. The 2nd Pioneer Battalion served on the Western Front and saw action at Pozieres, Flers, Bullecourt, Ville-sur-Ancre, Morlancourt, and Montbrehain. He was wounded in action at Pozieres in August 1916, but courageously remained on duty. After a brief period in England, he returned to France where, in April 1918, he was again wounded in action but continued to serve. He was promoted to lance sergeant in June 1918. Following his discharge in July 1919, Mr Longmore returned to his family home in Victoria. In 1998, Mr Longmore was awarded the Legion of Honour from the French Government, in recognition of his service on the Western front. He received the Commonwealth Government's 80th Anniversary Armistice Remembrance Medal in 1999 and was featured in the 2000 Australia Post Australian Legends stamp series, The Last Anzacs. With Mr Longmore's passing, the DVA know of only 22 surviving Australian veterans of World War I. "LEST WE FORGET" |
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22 June 2001, 03:36 PM
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22 June 2001, 03:42 PM
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All;
Anyone who forgets is a bloody roo! Richard
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23 June 2001, 01:07 AM
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23 June 2001, 08:19 AM
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Another precious link with a bygone age is severed. There are not many left.
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23 June 2001, 06:13 PM
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Cast off by the land that bore us -- Betrayed by the land that we find -- All the good have gone before us; With only the dull left behind! Pray God we might find such men today . . Bill Suggs |
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24 June 2001, 04:50 AM
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In memoriam -
' We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother' - Wm. Shakespeare - 'King Henry V' Another brother has gone to sleep in the bosom of the soil. He is now an immortal ... as their deeds live on. Best Regards, Jim 'ACE' |
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