SLOAN, John Anthony
| Service Numbers: | V197961, VX146840 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Infantry Training Battalions |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 2 December 1926 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Portland, Victoria, Australia, 17 December 1982, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Portland South Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V197961, 6th Infantry Training Battalion | |
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| 5 Mar 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V197961, 6th Infantry Training Battalion | |
| 8 Jul 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX146840, Infantry Training Battalions | |
| 21 Nov 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX146840, Infantry Training Battalions |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
John was the eldest of four children of Percival (Percy) Sloan (b1885 in Melbourne, Victoria) and second wife Kate Kenny (b1894 in Melbourne, Victoria). Percy - a Coppersmith - married Kate - a Boot Fitter - in 1921 in Melbourne, Victoria. Following Percy's death in 1939, Kate remained in Melbourne with ther children.
John was a Labourer in 1942 when he enlisted in the Australian Army, serving as a Private (Service No:V197961) with 6th Infantry Training Battalion. He was Discharged in March 1943 and was in Cowra NSW in July 1944 when he re-enlisted. John was a Private (Service No:VX146840) attached to 14th Infantry Training Battalion when he was Discharged in November 1944.
In 1945 John was working as a Scoopman (Coal Mines) in Warracknabeal, Victoria when he married Una Vivian Schmidt (b1924 in Warracknabeal, Victoria). John and Una settled in Warracknabeal where John worked as a Scoopman until the late 1950's when he bacame a Carpenter. In the late 1960s the family relocated to Portland, Victoria where John was a Builder. John died in 1982 and Una died in 2011.