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SULLIVAN, Patrick Joseph
(Service number 6/1993)

Aliases	Joseph
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	21/10/1892	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	14 January 1915	Age	22 yrs 3 mths
Address at Enlistment	34 William St, Timaru
Occupation	Plumber
Previous Military Experience	A. C. ? Reg.
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	John SULLIVAN (father), 34 William Street, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 9 inches. Weight 162 lbs. Chest 34-37 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes brown. Hair black. Sight and hearing both good. Colour vision correct. Limbs and chest well formed. Full movement of joints. Heart and lungs normal. Teeth fair. Free from hernia, Varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate of contagious skin disease. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	4th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	17 April 1915
Transport	Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egypt. Gallipoli, Western Europe
Service Medals	1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	25 April 1919	Reason	In consequence of being no longer physically fit for war service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

11 June 1915 admitted to a Greek hospital. 27 June 1915 admitted to hospital. 27 September 1915 Malta Hosptal Ship - slightly sick. 2 November 1916 discharged from Hornchurch on leave - daily return. 1 March 1918 discharged to Codford. 14 May 1918 from 3rd N.Z. G. H. Codford to Brockenhurst

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	30 March 1968	Age	75 yrs
Place of Death	late of (?)Bidcombe
Cause
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Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of John and Bridget SULLIVAN. Brother John Burtman SULLIVAN was killed in action in 1916. Another brother, Michael SULLIVAN, also served in WWI. Prior to enlistment he had been rejected for the 1st Expeditionary Force. Like his brother Michael, Patrick Joseph was among the first to enlist. He served throughout the war, from 1914 to 1919, a total of 4 years 102 days (only 124 days not overseas), to be discharged in April 1919 as physically unfit for war service. He embarked on 17 February 1919 from Liverpool for return to New Zealand per Ajana. Several times during his service he fell foul of the authorities - in 1915 he forfeited one day's pay for neglect of duty; in 1917 he forfeited pay for overstaying leave; in 1918 he was deprived of a Stripe for gambling; in 1918 3 days C. B. for being absent from parade.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [24 August 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK18805 W5553 0110741) [20 April 2014];

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