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Thomas Bowman SLOAN

Regimental number741
Date of birth7 September 1891
Place of birthScotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFireman
AddressSpringfield Road, Rosehill, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kin..., Mrs Elizabeth Sloan, Springfield Road, Rosehill, Victoria
Enlistment date19 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEmigrated to Australia in 1913 on board the "Themistocles".
FateDrowned at sea 2 September 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsHelles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1783 Pte James Bowman SLOAN, 22nd Bn, drowned at sea, 2 September 1915; 2889 Pte William SLOAN, 7th Bn, returned to Australia, 5 April 1918.

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