Richard O'SULLIVAN

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Service Numbers:	724, 724B
Enlisted:	7 February 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 March 1893
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 August 1955, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Interred on 31 August 1955
Memorials:

7 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 724, 12th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
21 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 724, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 724, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne
9 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 12th Machine Gun Company
8 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion, From 47th Battalion. Letter B added to his service number when taken on strength, now 724B
23 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 41st Infantry Battalion, From 42nd Battalion
17 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 724B, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Cornelius O'Sullivan and Mary O'Sullivan nee Mahony of Vulture Street, East Brisbane, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Karoa disembarking on 8 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane by transport.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 7 October 1939 Richard married Mary Ellen Monaghan in QLD