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Sydney Roy SLOAN

Regimental number1328
Place of birthJamestown, South Australia
SchoolJamestown Public School, South Australia
Other trainingNil.
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBaker
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Sloan, Wolfram Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Enlistment date16 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateDied of heat stroke 6 August 1915
Place of death or woundingEgypt
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 9), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Elizabeth SLOAN, Railway Terrace, Glandore, South Australia

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