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SULLY, Thomas Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4529 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Blyth WW1 Memorial, Bute District Council WW1 Roll of Honor, Kulpara District Council Roll of Honour, Tarlee & District Roll of Honor WW1, Tarlee War Memorial, Warooka and District WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4529, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4529, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 4529, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 4529, 27th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
Thomas Sully
Thomas Charles Sully
Service # 4529
(Brother to Frederick Sully (service #688) and cousin to Reginald Sully (service # 1993).
Thomas was born in Newport, Wales and arrived in Adelaide in 1913. He at some stage worked on Mr T Arthur’s farm at Tarlee, SA.
He enlisted in Adelaide on 21/1/1916 and left Australia on 25/3/1916.
He was wounded in action twice – 4/10/17 in France (gunshot wound to his right thigh) and on 7/9/1918 (gunshot wound to head).
He returned to Adelaide on 21/3/1919.
Thomas eventually returned to Wales (although he visited Australia a further 2 times – 1922 & 1926). He married in 1926, had one daughter and eventually died on April 6th 1979 aged 89 years.
Submitted 14 March 2015 by Anne Taylor
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