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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 twenty
Portrait of Mr Gavin Long, journalist and official war historian
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 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 a
Gavin Long
…Long (31 May 1901 – 10 October 1968) 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 twenty-two volumes. Gavin Long was born in Foster, Victoria, on 31 May 1901, the eldest of six children of George Merrick…
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