Trooper Patrick SULLIVAN (1875-1915).
Service # 71900; Trooper, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 3rd Reinforcements, 10th (Nelson) Company, New Zealand Expeditionary Forces (NZEF).
Born (date unknown) 1875 - at Te Awaiti, Picton District, Marlborough Region, South Island, New Zealand.
Brother of Mrs Daisy Clark - of Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand.
Prior to enlistment for war service Patrick Sullivan was a Sheep Farm Labourer -at Okukai, Te Awaiti, Picton.
Patrick Sullivan enlisted for war service - on 22 December 1914 - at Trentham Military Training Camp, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand. He was 39 years of age.
At enlistment Patrick Sullivan was posted as a Trooper with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, NZEF.
On 14 February 1915 Trooper Sullivan left New Zealand for overseas war service - aboard HMNZ T17 "Maunganui" - from Port of Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.
Six weeks later - on 27 March 1915 - Trooper Sullivan disembarked from his transport ship, from New Zealand, at Suez, Egypt.
In late August 1915 Trooper Sullivan left Egypt for active war service - with the ANZAC (Australian & New Zealand Army Corps) Forces - at Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
On 23 August 1915 Trooper Sullivan disembarked from his troopship, from Egypt, at Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Five days after arriving at Gallipoli Peninsula - on 28 August 1915 - Trooper Patrick Sullivan was killed in action at Hill 60, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Trooper Patrick Sullivan is commemorated on the Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Trooper Patrick Sullivan is also remembered at his hometown in New Zealand - on the Picton District War Memorial (1914-1918) - at Picton, Marlborough Region, South Island, New Zealand.
For Trooper Patrick Sullivan's full military record refer to New Zealand Online Cenotaph : www.aucklandmuseum.com
Photo Credit: Picton War Memorial : Ministry of Culture & Heritage; New Zealand Government.
Jenifer Everett