SULLIVAN, Thomas Joseph
| Service Number: | 462 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bundarra, New South Wales, Australia, 27 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bundarra, Uralla, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway employee |
| Died: | Haemorrhage of lung, Egypt, 11 March 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundarra Public School Honour Roll, Bundarra WWI War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Quirindi & District Memorial and Clock Tower |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 462, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 462, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 462, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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From AWM
1719 Private (Pte) Ernest Lawrence Sullivan. Pte Thomas Sullivan, a railway worker, enlisted in the 2nd Battalion on 31 October 1914 and sailed from Sydney on board HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 18 October 1914 to join the first convoy of Australian troops that sailed for Egypt from Albany of 1 November 1914. The 2nd Battalion embarked at Alexandria on 5 April 1915 to join the British Expeditionary Force and would go on to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.
"Took part in landing at Gallipoli and fought throughout. Was badly hit at Lone Pine, but did not leave the peninsular until September." details from Isabella Mary Sullivan, (sister) "The Grange", Pinkett via Glen Innes, New South Wales
Pte Thomas Sullivan first reported sick on 21 July 1915 and eventually, on 2 November 1915, he was repatriated from Gallipoli and admitted to hospital in Egypt with a "dilated heart". On 4 January 1916, after a week in a convalescent hospital, he was discharged fit for active service. He was again admitted to hospital and diagnosed with pleurisy on 17 February 1916. He was reported dangerously ill on 18 February 1916 and died in hospital on 11 March 1916. He was buried in the Cairo War Cemetery by Chaplain Griffin the same day.
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