SULLIVAN, Alfred Charles
| Service Number: | 2288 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 21 April 1897 |
| Home Town: | Portland, Lithgow, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cleaner or loco mechanic |
| Died: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 12 December 1967, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-221. 27. |
| Memorials: | Portland District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2288, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2288, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2288, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Sydney | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2288, 54th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit (dilated action of the heart & neurasthenia) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
57 years ago today, on the 13th December 1967, Private Alfred Charles Sullivan, 54th Battalion (Reg No-2288), cleaner or loco mechanic from Piper Street, Portland, New South Wales and 123 Bruce Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., father of two (Marie, Jean), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 70. ANGLICAN 3-221. 27.
Born at Petersham, New South Wales on the 21st April 1897 to William and Ada A Sullivan of 18 Marion Street, Leichhardt, New South Wales; husband of Ethel Myra Sullivan nee Smith, married 1919, Armidale, N.S.W., died 1975?, as Myra?, Alf enlisted on the 23rd May 1916 at Bathurst, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A42 Boorara on the 19th August 1916.
Admitted to hospital 31.1.1917 (gastric ulcer, mild).
Granted furlough from 4.6.1917 to 19.6.1917.
Commenced return to Australia 27.7.1917.
Alf arrived home on the 24th September 1917, being discharged medically unfit (dilated action of the heart & neurasthenia) on the 30th October 1917.
Mr. Sullivan’s name has been inscribed on the Portland District War Memorial.
I have placed poppies at Alf’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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