SULLIVAN, Simon Charles
| Service Number: | 419 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Forbes, Forbes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Christchurch, New Zealand, 29 August 1937, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Christchurch (Bromley) Cemetery NZ Plot: Block 18. Plot 61 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 419 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 419, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 419, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Simon Charles Sullivan enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as J. Sullivan, Ball Hill, Forbes, NSW. In the original nominal roll of the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. is recorded as being his father.
Simon Charles Sullivan was born in 1877 at Forbes, NSW, a son to James Sullivan and Catherine Sullivan (nee Lahy). He married Rose Fox in 1907 in New Zealand and they had 4 children while residing at Papanui, Christchurch, N.Z.
His father, James Sullivan, was a well known identity in the Forbes district, engaged in the mining industry at Bald Hills, having lived there for 40 years prior to his death. When he passed in Mar 1914 an obituary was published in The Forbes Advocate, 24 Mar 1914, and when listing surviving family noted that of 7 sons Henry was in New Zealand and Simon was "supposed" to be in Queensland. Given Simon married in 1907 in New Zealand it would appear he was already residing there when his father passed.
(AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 517; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 6).
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