John Roger O'SULLIVAN MM

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Service Number:	31944
Enlisted:	19 May 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 January 1896
Home Town:	Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draughtsman
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 October 1966, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Plot reads: A-12-01C. Commemorated in the QLD Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

19 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 31944, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
10 Feb 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 31944, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Feb 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 31944, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Osterley, Sydney
14 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From 9th Field Artillery Brigade
8 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads: FRANCE. For the period 8th August 1918 to 11th November 1918 This soldier has performed his duties with great gallantry and devotion to duty. He has shown keenness in his work at all times, and his ability in surmounting obstacles which have arisen during the course of his duties has been most marked. On many occasions he has been called upon to do work under the most trying conditions and heavy shell fire, and his work on these occasions has been marked by his resourcefulness and disregard for his personal safety. London Gazette on 20 August 1919, page 10586, position 37 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 December 1919, page 2373, position 21
21 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 31944, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Richard John O'Sullivan and Isabelle Mary O'Sullivan nee Davies of 'Lismore', Nundah, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 12 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 26 February 1921 John married Elizabeth Margaret Russell in QLD