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SULLIVAN, John
(Service number 38991)

Aliases	Jack
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	14/05/1873	Place of Birth	Skibbereen, Cork, Ireland

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married. One daughter - Daisy Clarenda Mary SULLIVAN (Mary) who was born in 1902 in Dunedin.
Next of Kin	Mrs K. M. SULLIVAN (wife), North Belt, Temuka
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	22nd Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	16 February 1917
Transport	Navua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

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Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	27 July 1966	Age	93 yrs
Place of Death
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 20, Plot 135
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of John & Johanna (nee COLLINS) SULLIVAN. Came from Skibbereen, Co Cork, Ireland, to Otago, NZ by the 'Otago' in 1894, with his family, aged at 9 mths. Married Kate Matilda COMYN (Matty), in 8 April 1901, at St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [21 July 2013]; CCC burial records, Bromley Cemetery [2013]; The Sullivans - www.doughertynz.com (Google search) [24 August 2013]

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