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Leonard James SULLIVAN

Regimental number327
Place of birthSmithtown New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressBoyd's Bay, Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, J P Sullivan, Boyd's Bay, Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Enlistment date15 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 9, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/14/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 19 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialCrucifix Corner Cemetery (Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 8), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Patrick and Louisa Ellen SULLIVAN, Tweed Heads, New South Wales. Native of Smithtown, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1304 Pte Henry Ernest SULLIVAN, 1st Field Squadron Engineers, returned to Australia, 21 November 1916; 20604 Sapper Vincent Macleay SULLIVAN, Light Motor Wireless Section, effective abroad (still overseas).
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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