Australian Victoria Cross Recipient
Corporal Arthur Percy Sullivan
Unit
45th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Sadlier-Jackson Brigade
Born
27 November 1896 at Crystal Brook, South Australia
Date of action
10 August 1919
Place
Dvina River, south of Archangel, north Russia
Details
As Sullivan’s platoon was crossing the river by means of a narrow plank, four of them, including an officer, fell off into a swamp. Without hesitation, and despite the intense fire they were under, Sullivan jumped in and rescued all four, bringing them out one by one. His exhausted comrades would undoubtedly have drowned without his assistance.
Died
9 April 1937
Buried or Commemorated
Plaque at North Suburbs Garden of Remembrance, Sydney
Current location of the VC
Australian War Memorial