O'SULLIVAN, Lawrence
| Service Number: | QX18889 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 4 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 7 February 1917 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cane farmer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 May 1994, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Dec 1941: | Involvement QX18889 | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Dec 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 4 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX18889, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Oct 1945: | Discharged | |
| 18 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX18889, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Bridget O'Sullivan
Born to James and Martha O’Sullivan, of Helidon, on 7 February 1917, Laurie was the youngest of a large family and from a very tender age was gifted with the sense of adventure. He graduated from breeding birds to breaking in the odd pony.
He went north looking for work, at about nineteen years, settling in the Mackay area, where he worked on sugar farms and cutting cane when necessary, keeping up with the ‘Gun’ cutters.
Towards the end of 1941 Laurie joined the A.I.F. and after service in the Middle East and New Guinea he married Maureen Joyce on St Patrick’s Day 1944, and then joined the fray in Borneo and surrounding areas.
In 1945 he returned to the land and hard work, where he raised a family of seven, of whom he was very proud—Larry, Susan, Maureen, Cyril, Kerry, Bridget and Frank.
(excerpt from eulogy)
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