William Frederick Longstaff MiD (1879 - 1953)

Biography

William Frederick (Will) Longstaff ^[1] (1879-1953), artist, was born on 25 December 1879 at Ballarat, Victoria, son of Thomas Longstaff, pharmacist, and his wife Frederica Elizabeth, née Francis, both English born.^[2]
He was a cousin of (Sir) John Longstaff. Will was educated at Grenville College, Ballarat, studied art at the Ballarat School of Mines, and had experience as a jackaroo. In 1900-01 he spent sixteen months as a trooper in charge of remounts with the South African Light Horse during the South African War. He later went to Europe where he continued his art studies, attending the Heatherley School of Fine Art in London in 1908. On his return to Victoria he taught art privately and in 1910-11 with Leslie Wilkie. Longstaff and his wife Eliza Mary lived at Eltham.

In October 1915 he joined the Australian Imperial Force, embarking as captain for Egypt in November with the 1st Australian Remount Unit. . . . more . . adb.anu.edu

1939 England National Registration: Worthing, Sussex^[3]

William died in Sussex during 1953.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Anne Gray, Longstaff, William Frederick (Will) (1879–1953), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
   published first in hardcopy 1986, accessed online 20 October 2018.
2. ↑ Government of Victoria. Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages (accessed 02 Apr 2024). Birth Index. Index entry for William Frederick LONGSTAFF. Mother's name: Frederica Elizabeth; Mother's family name at birth: FRANCIS; Father's name: Thos; Place of birth: BALLT; Reg. year: 1880; Reg. number: 310/1880
3. ↑ "England and Wales National Register, 1939," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7L2P-78T2 : 15 April 2019), William F Longstaff, 29 Sep 1939; from "General Register Office: National Registration: 1939 Register," database, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.com : 2017); citing Census, Worthing, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, RG 101, The National Archives, Kew, England; FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCF-B29N : 30 October 2021), William F Longstaff, 1953.