Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Railway Brakeman
• alt birth: 18 Jul 1897, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; date listed on attestation papers
• Attestation Papers: 24 Feb 1916, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; 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

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.