SULLIVAN, Thomas
| Service Number: | NX152992 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | NG Force later 7 Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Tempe, New South Wales, Australia , 14 August 1922 |
| Home Town: | Tempe, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tempe Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Process Worker |
| Died: | Skin Cancer Melanoma , Jannali, New South Wales, Australia , 21 July 2006, aged 83 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX152992, NG Force later 7 Machine Gun Battalion | |
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| 28 Aug 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX152992, NG Force later 7 Machine Gun Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, NX152992, NG Force later 7 Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Russell Sullivan
Military Enlistment: As described by Tom as being an Army Drill Hall Addison Road Marrickville NSW Australia
Dec 31 1941
Military Embarkation: Troopship SS Taroona, notes from service record does not identify location other than 55th Battalion May 8 1942
Military Service. New Guinea Port Moresby Milne Bay and Lae Between June 1942 and 1943.
Tom was a quiet person and did not talk about the war and said he never fired against the Japanese, however he was injured during training where a bullet ricocheted off a target and hit his leg.
also he said was bombed at Port Moseby, and was part of air crew for biscuit bombers, dropping supplies out of open cargo door, where a mate fell out to his death
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