SULLIVAN, Daniel Francis
| Service Number: | 286 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1915, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Strathmerton, Victoria, Australia, July 1897 |
| Home Town: | Strathmerton, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Strathmerton West State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 14, Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Strathmerton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 286, 24th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 286, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 286, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Daniel Sullivan enlisted at only 18 years of age and served at Gallipoli from September 1915 until the evacuation. He was wounded in action at Pozieres and evacuated to Etaples with a bayonet wound to his left armpit. He returned to his unit about 3 weeks later and was wounded again at Pozieres with gunshot or shrapnel to the right chest on 23 August 1916. He re-joined the 24th Battalion in Belgium on the 21 September 1916. He was evacuated sick on 5 October 1916 with chronic neuralgia or “nerves”, basically shell shock. After treatment in England, he was sent back to the 24th Battalion during July 1917.
He was wounded in action a third time on the 6 October 1917, shrapnel wounds to the scalp and left arm which resulted in his evacuation to England. He did not re-join his battalion until March 1918. He was only back for 10 days when he was badly gassed, and again evacuated to England. This was the 4th time he had been wounded.
He re-joined the 24th Battalion in France during June 1918 and was killed by a shell at Mont Saint Quentin on the 2 September 1918.
His older brother 1584 Private Pte. James Peter Sullivan 3rd Battalion AIF, had been killed at Gallipoli on the 13 July 1915, aged 27.