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Frederick James CULLINANE

Regimental number1335
Date of birth7 July 1887
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address2 Charles Street, Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 10"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinBrother, M J Cullinane, 2 Charles Street, Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 November 1914
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Nominal Roll incorrectly lists date of return to Australia as 31 August 1918.
Discharge date21 September 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

To hospital, Gallipoli, 11 June 1915; admitted to 15th Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 13 June 1915 (double otitis media); transferred to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 19 June 1915; to Australian & New Zealand Convalescent Home, Helouan, 19 August 1915; discharged to Concentration Camp, Suez, 8 October 1915.

Commenced return to Australia for discharge (nervous disability and headstrain)from Suez on board HT 'Aeneas', 31 October 1915; discharged, Sydney (medically unfit), 21 September 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death4 January 1964
Age at death76
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (Catholic Section), Sydney, New South Wales

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