Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

24/01/1916

Date of Discharge

04/08/1916

Place of Enlistment

Charters Towers, Queensland

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Canberra ACT

Address (at enlistment)

Hughenden, Queensland (previously 'Springbank', Acton ACT)

School(s) Attended

Canberra (St John's) School, St Joseph's College (Hunters Hill, Sydney)

Occupation

Shearing overseer

Next of Kin

Alice Lenane (sister), Queanbeyan NSW

Service Number

26298

Final Rank

Private

Final Unit

9 Field Artillery Brigade AIF

Sullivan was born in Canberra and grew up at 'Springbank'. He remained at 'Springbank' until 1908 when he went to Queensland to work in the wool industry. He was working as a shearing shed overseer, employed by the Australia & New Zealand Land Co., when he enlisted in January 1916. He was assigned to the 9th Field Artillery Brigade but was discharged as medically unfit in August 1916 because he had been virtually deaf for 10 years which he had first noticed after swimming in the surf in New Zealand. He had also suffered attacks of malaria and enteric fever. Sullivan died on 24 March 1972 and is buried at Woden Cemetery.

Description - height 6 feet, weight 164 pounds, chest 36½ inches, dark complexion, light brown eyes, dark brown hair, Catholic.

Students roll, Schoolhouse Museum, St John's, Reid
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Obituary, Newsletter, Canberra & District Historical Society, Aug. 1972 (p.14)