Francis Jerome O'Sullivan was born in 1892 to parents James John O'Sullivan and Hannah Hogan. He was the fifth of their six children. Unfortunately his mother died when he was only three years old.
In March 1917 when Frank was 24 he enlisted in the Australian Army. By November that year he was on his way to France where he was a gunner in the 112th battalion. In October of 1918 he suffered a gunshot wound to his left thumb and was subsequently operated on in the Palace Hospital in Gloucester where he remained for five weeks.
By March 1919 Frank had returned to Australia and was discharged in April. He returned to a farming life.
At age 43 in 1936 he married Eileen Slattery in St Michael's church in Clare. An extensive report on their wedding was detailed in the Northern Argus newspaper.[1] His bride was 15 years younger than him and they went on to have eight children.
Frank was active in the parish life of St John and Paul Church at Tarlee and compiled a history of the Early Catholic families near Tarlee.
1. 1936 'WEDDINGS.', Northern Argus (Clare, SA : 1869 - 1954), 8 May, p.7 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97770273