Gavin Merrick Long was an Australian journalist and military historian. He was the general editor of the official history series Australia in the War of 1939–1945 and the author of three of its 22 volumes.
Gavin Long in May 1943
Long (front row, second from right) with the other authors of the official history series at a meeting in 1954
Australia in the War of 1939–1945
Australia in the War of 1939–1945 is a 22-volume official history series covering Australian involvement in the Second World War. The series was published by the Australian War Memorial between 1952 and 1977, most of the volumes being edited by Gavin Long, who also wrote three volumes and the summary volume The Six Year War.
A. G. Butler (right), Gavin Long (centre) and Allan S. Walker (left) discuss a manuscript in the Australian War Memorial library in 1945
Gavin Long in Lae, New Guinea in July 1944 while attached to the headquarters of New Guinea Force
A group photo of the authors of Australia in the War of 1939–1945 in 1954. Chester Wilmot died later in the year and was replaced by Barton Maughan.