put the education scheme into full effect earlier than expected. He was promoted to colonel and then temporary brigadier general on 1 January 1919. In March, with the scheme fully underway, Long's health began to suffer, and in April he handed over control to Brigadier General Walter McNicoll. For his services, Long was awarded honorary Doctor of Letters (LLD) degrees by both the University of Cambridge and the University of Manchester, and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In July 1919, Long returned to his diocese, where he continued his involvement with education. He restarted All Saints College in Bathurst on a new site, and opened the Marsden School for Girls at Kelso. Long was grand chaplain of the United Grand Lodge from 1923 to 1926. He drafted a new constitution for the Church of England in Australia, making it independent of the church in Britain, and advocated the White Australia Policy. Long was elected Bishop of Newcastle in December 1927 and was enthroned on 1 May 1928. Long went to England in March 1930 to attend the Lambeth Conference in London. There he suffered a cerebral haemorrhage and died on 9 July 1930. His requiem was celebrated by Archbishop Cosmo Lang before 300 bishops and his ashes returned to New South Wales and placed in All Saints Cathedral in Bathurst. He was commemorated in Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, where a window of its Tyrrell chapel contains his portrait. References Ross Mallett, George Merrick Long, General Officers of the First AIF, adfa.edu.au Ruth Teale, 'Long, George Merrick (1874–1930)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, pp. 134–135. 1874 births 1930 deaths Military personnel from Victoria (Australia) Anglican bishops of Bathurst Anglican bishops of Newcastle (Australia) Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Australian generals Australian headmasters Australian military personnel of World War I Doctors of Divinity People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne) University of Melbourne alumni World War I chaplains