Leo Desmond O'SULLIVAN

Regimental number40752
OccupationCivil servant
Next of kinFather, Major James O'Sullivan, Defence Headquarters, Wellington
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 30th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 13 October 1917
Members of B Company, Wellington Infantry Regiment, 30th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on 13 October 1917 on two ships, HMNZTs 'Corinthic' and 'Arawa'. It is not possible to determine from the Nominal Roll on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 24 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot V, Row A, Grave No 22), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Major J. & Mrs O'Sullivan, 8 McFarlane Street, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 72, p. 6

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