John McFarlane SLOAN

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Service Number:	VX32685
Enlisted:	17 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Plockshaw, Scotland, United Kingdom, 12 September 1900
Home Town:	Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer /Concrete Hand
Died:	Illness, At sea (en route to Port Moresby), 22 February 1942, aged 41 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot B. Row B. Grave 5. Personal Inscription ~ "A WONDERFUL NATURE SO LOVING & KIND A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX32685
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX32685, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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