| Date of birth |
1901-05-31 |
Foster, VIC. |
| Other |
1924 |
Began to pursue a career as a jackaroo. |
| Other |
1925 |
Long travelled to England where he worked at Australia House in the migration and settlement office. |
| Date returned to Australia |
1926 |
Long was employed as a journalist. |
| Other |
1928 |
Promoted to general reporter for the Argus. |
| Other |
1931 |
Accepted an appointment as a senior reporter with the Sydney Morning Herald. |
| Other |
1938 |
Posted to that the Herald's London office and when the Second World War began he became a war correspondent with the British Expeditionary Force in France. |
| Other |
1940-11 |
He was sent to Egypt to cover Australian operations in the Mediterranean. |
| Date returned to Australia |
1941 |
Recalled to Australia. |
| Other |
1943 - 1968 |
Board member of the Australian War Memorial. |
| Other |
1943-03 |
Appointed general editor of the official history of Australia in the Second World War, of which he wrote three volumes. |
| Other |
1952 |
Long's first volume of the official history of Australia in the Second World War was published. |
| Other |
1953 |
Long's second volume of the official history of Australia in the Second World War was published. |
| Other |
1963 |
Long retired the same year his final volume, The final campaigns, was published. |
| Other |
1963 - 1965 |
Long worked as a research fellow with the Australian Dictionary of Biography. |
| Date of death |
1968-10-10 |
Died of lung cancer Canberra, ACT. |
