The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Sergeant Edward Sullivan |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Edward John Sullivan
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/1864
Ancestor's date of death: 26/05/1900
Cause of Death: Enteric Fever at Kroonsstadt
Service Number: 534
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney
Unit: 1st NSW Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: SGT, Date Effective: Detail not available
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Did not survive Boer War, pension records list him as a Warrant Officer.
Murray Page: 62, 202B, 203
Contingent: Second New South Wales
Ship: Southern Cross, Date of Sailing: 17/01/1900
Memorial details: Hospital Hill Cemetery Kroonstad South Africa
Decorations: QSA Driefontein and Cape Colony
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Served with NSW Soudan Contingent 1885, possibly had permanent service.
Details of service in war: From February 1900 in Free State, Transvaal, and western Cape Colony as Transport Sergeant on Regimental staff. Died of enteric fever at Kroonsstadt 26 May 1900. Pension awarded to his widow by NSW Government. Pension records list him as a Warrant Officer.
Service and life after the Boer War: Did not survive Boer War.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Judith Young, Abbotsford NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Niece
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