SULLIVAN, Herbert (Herbert John)
| Service Number: | 4643 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Coromandel Valley, South Australia, 27 April 1878 |
| Home Town: | Blackwood, Mitcham, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 25 July 1935, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 4643, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4643, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4643, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 18 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) had incorrectly listed soldier with SERN 4843 - it should be SERN 4643
Herbert John Sullivan was one of 10 children born to William Adams Sullivan and Harriet nee Woodings, who lived in Coromandel Valley for many years before moving to Blackwood. Herbert's younger brother Harrold "Jim" Sullivan enlisted in 1914, and was killed in 1917. Herbert married May Florence Harris in London in 1917 and returned to Australia 4 December 1919.