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Electoral Roll entries: 1949 at Forest Station, Karragullen, overseer; 1954 - 1963at 6 Anzac terrace, Bayswater, retired
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Thomas Patrick Sullivan
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Personal Information
Date of Birth 16 Mar 1889
Place of Birth Benalla, Victoria
Death 9 Feb 1964, aged 74
Place of Death Bayswater
Age at Enlistment 53 years, 1 month
Description 5'6½ (1.69m) tall ; 140lbs
63.503 kg
; blue eyes ; greying hair ; Two wounds to Sacrum
Occupation Forrester
Religion Church of England
Address Karragullen, Western Australia
Next of Kin Wife , Mrs Bernice Bessie Nell Sullivan
Military Information
Reg Number W68132
Date of Enlistment 24 Apr 1942
Rank Private
Unit/Formation 12th (Jarrah) VDC Battalion
Post War Details
Fate Remained in Australia
Medals British War Medal
Victory Medal



Pre War

During WW1 Tom had enlisted in Townsville and he served with the 42nd and 15th Battalions in Egypt and France where he had been wounded in the arm (March 1917), the side (October 1917) and the Buttock (August 1918) and he was gassed in May 1918. By 1923 he had moved to WA as he married Bernice Bessie Nell Curran in that year in the Wellington district. Bernice died on 8 Jul 1969 aged 71.

Electoral Roll entries: 1922 at Nanga Brook bush, faller; 1925 Hoffman Mill, labourer; 1931 - 1943 at Forest Station Karragullen, overseer.

War Service

Enlisted at Pickering Brook, and was a member of the 2nd Platoon, 'A' Company that was based in that area. On 31 Jul 1944 Tom and the rest of is unit were transferred to the Reserve, before being discharged on 15 Oct 1945.


Post War

Electoral Roll entries: 1949 at Forest Station, Karragullen, overseer; 1954 - 1963 at 6 Anzac terrace, Bayswater, retired

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