Timothy SULLIVAN

Regimental number10/682
Date of birth3 July 1886
Place of birthHampden, Hawkes Bay
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTelegraphist
AddressJuliet Street, Stratford
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28.1
Height5' 8"
Weight141 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs T Sullivan, Juliet Street, Stratford
Previous military servicePost and Telegraph Rifles, Wellington; Volunteers (discharged)
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankSergeant
Final unitNew Zealand Army Postal Service
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 28 July 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Admitted to No.4 Field Ambulance, Anzac, 30 July 1915 (gastro-entritis); transferred to No.16 Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 6 August 1915; to Convalescent Depot, Mudros, 19 August 1915 (dysentery).

Attached to Base Army Post Office, Mudros, 6 September 1915, for light duties.

Attached to New Zealand & Australia Base Depot, Mustapha, Egypt, 16 September 1915.

Transferred to NZ Army Postal Service, 29 September 1915.

Marched into Post & Telegraph Camp, Alexandria, 5 November 1915.

Attached to 2nd NZ Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Ismailia, 18 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the British Expeditionary Force, 6 April 1916.

Promoted Corporal, 1 June 1916.

Attached to 4th NZ Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 13 June 1917.

Attached to II Anzac Corps Field Post Office, date not stated.

On leave to United Kingdom, 7 January 1918; rejoined unit, 24 January 1918.

Marched into NZ Wing, XXII Corps Rest Camp, 8 February 1918; marched out to XXII Corps, 22 March 1918.

Taken on strength of NZ Entrenching Group, 19 May 1918.

Taken on strength of 3rd Entrenching Bn, 11 June 1918.

On leave to Paris, 6 August 1918; rejoined unit, 16 August 1918.

Proceeded to England, 29 October 1918; marched into Base Post Office, London, 1 November 1918.

Promoted Sergeant, 2 November 1918.

Marched into No.1 NZ General Hospital, 11 December 1918.

Marched into NZ Base Post Office, Mt Pleasant, 18 February 1919.

Marched into Wellington Provincial Detachment, Sling Camp, 21 July 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HMT 'Hororata', 28 July 1919; disembarked New Zealand, 20 September 1919; discharged (termination of period of engagement), 18 October 1919.

Total war service: 5 years 63 days (of which 4 years 339 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death25 November 1950, Christchurch
Age at death64
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7822765

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