Sydney O'SULLIVAN

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O'SULLIVAN, Sydney

Service Number:	1447
Enlisted:	6 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Zion, Tasmania, Australia, 20 September 1896
Home Town:	Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, 12 April 1942, aged 45 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Griffith Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:	Hamilton St Mary's Marist Bros' School Newcastle Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

6 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1447, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1447, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1447, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
8 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1447, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the right arm. Embarked for England on 17 August 1915 aboard HS Malta
15 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1447, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John (Jack) O'Sullivan and Louisa O'Sullivan nee Jones of Enmore Hall, Waratah, Newcastle, NSW formerly of Zeehan, Tasmania.

Husband of Edith Marian O'Sullivan nee White of Church Road, Horfield, Bristol, England. Sidney and Edith married on 10 March 1916 in the Registry Office, Clutton, Somerset, England. Registrar W.E. Bird officiated.

Commenced return to Australia on 25 February 1919 aboard HT Balmoral Castle disembarking on 16 April 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1935c Sidney married Gertrude A. Morris in Griffith, NSW

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