Pte. Lawrence Joseph SULLIVAN

1896 - 1917  (20 years)

• Name	Lawrence Joseph SULLIVAN
  Prefix	Pte.
  Birth	19 Jul 1896	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Christening	2 Aug 1896  [4]
  Gender	Male
  alt birth	18 Jul 1897	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	date listed on attestation papers
  Attestation Papers	24 Feb 1916	Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	788574 CEF 130 Bn; 75th Bn Canadian Infantry, France
  WWI service	9 Jun 1917	Noeux-les-Mines, Pas de Calais, France
  	trans to 75th Bn Mar 19, 1917
  Occupation	Railway Brakeman
  Death	9 Jun 1917	Noeux-les-Mines, Pas de Calais, France   [6]
  Burial	Noeux-les-Mines, Pas de Calais, France   [7, 8]
  	Address: Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery Noeux-les-Mines, Pas de Calais, France
  Person ID	I42022126	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Francis SULLIVAN,   b. 16 Mar 1861, Portage Du Fort, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada d. 5 Nov 1948 (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Alice O'BRIEN,   b. Abt 1861, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 1905 (Age ~ 44 years)
  Marriage	8 Nov 1895	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Family ID	F19928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Sullivan, Pte. Lawrence Joseph (R) and his brother John (L)(military) Photograph provided by Pat Lalonde, 2018
  		Cobden Memorial Hall Plaque with Names of Fallen Soldiers The Cobden Sun, Nov 13, 1919
  		WWI Memorial Plaque - Cobden Legion Photograph provided by Wayne Bennett

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		CHx-Memorial Hall Corner Stone Laid newspaper article-The Cobden Sun, Aug 29, 1919 p. 1
  		Sullivan, Lawrence Joseph WWI Attestation Papers http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=258270
  		Sullivan, Lawrence remembered by sister Mary Sullivan The Cobden Sun May 23 1919, p. 1
  		CHx-Two documents found in corner stone of destroyed Memorial Hall Newspaper Clipping from the 1958 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren, provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
  		Sullivan, Pte. Lawrence Joseph - CANADIAN VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/466236?Lawrence%20Joseph%20Sullivan
  		Sullivan, Pte. Lawrence Joseph - Commonwealth War Graves https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/466236/L%20J%20SULLIVAN/
  		Sullivan, Pte. Lawrence Joseph “Photocopy of newspaper photo of Pte. Lawrence Sullivan,” Newspaper clipping photocopied file of WWI Casualties, Champlain Trail Museum and Pioneer Village, Accessed Nov 2022.

  
  

  Headstones		Gravestone-Sullivan, Francis & m1 Alice nee O'Brien, m2 Julia Mary Maney; son Lawrence Joseph killed in WWI St. Pius V Roman Catholic Cemetery Osceola, ON Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Gravestone-Sullivan, Pte. Francis Patrick Photograph provided by Terri-Lyn Moore

  
  

  Histories

  Sullivan, Pte. Lawrence Joseph - Military summary Articles and information compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Notes

  1901 & 1911 Census Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontario with parents Cobden of the Past FB Page ...Casualties of WWI from Cobden Pte. Lawrence Joseph Sullivan was a railroad brakeman who enlisted, Feb 24, 1916, age 19 and died of gun shot wounds on June 9, 1917, age 20. He was the son of Francis Sullivan and Alice O?Brien of Cobden. Francis was also a railroad worker. Pte. Sullivan served in the 75th Battalion of Canadian Infantry. Attestation Papers: occupation railway brakeman 160 lbs. 5' 7"; black eyes & black hair WWI service: 7 Casualty Clearing Station June 9, 1917 dangerously wounded with GSW arm & chest and died of wounds the same day.

  
  

• Sources

  [S633] Library and Archives of Canada, Archivia Net On-Line Research Tool ,, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1911, (Database, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html). [S498471] Library and Archives of Canada, Archivia Net On-Line Research Tool ,, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1911, (Database, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html). [S499208] FamilyTree.Com, '"Ontario Birth Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (Subscription www.ancestry.ca), 032394 Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Reliability: 3). [S499467] Ancestry.com, *BMD-Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1747-1967 ", ((Ancestry.ca)), St. Pius V, Osceola. (Reliability: 3). [S498488] Mil- Attestation Papers. [S499797] Canada., Mil-WWI Personnel Records of the First World War, ( Library and Archives Canada . https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx.). [S499798] Veterans Affairs Canada, Mil-Canadian Virtual War Memorial, ((www.veterans.gc.ca/eng)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S499461] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Mil-Commonwealth War Graves Commission, ((www.cwgc.org)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S779] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), # 010537 Bromley Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario (Reliability: 3). Name: Frank Sullivan Age: 30 Father Name: Peter Sullivan Mother Name: Sullivan Sullivan Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865 Spouse Name: Alice O'Brien Spouse's Age: 27 Spouse Birth Place: Ross Spouse Father Name: John O'Brien Spouse Mother Name : Mary Bulger Name: Frank Sullivan Spouse Name: Alice O'Brien Marriage Date: 8 Nov 1895 Marriage Place: Cobden Registration Number: 53156 Archives of Ontario Microfilm: 87