Francis O'SULLIVAN

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O'SULLIVAN, Francis

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	5 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 14 April 1877
Home Town:	Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Commercial Traveller
Died:	26 September 1956, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Plot: ANZ-8-15-70
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World War 1 Service

5 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Francis O'Sullivan was born on 14 Apr 1877 at Ipswich, a son to Patrick O'Sullivan and Mary O'Sullivan (nee Real).

He served in the South African (Boer) War and again in WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 316 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Second Lieutenant in the 9th Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p.485; National Archives- Boer War Dossier; AWM WW1 Embarkation Roll).

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