Percival Martin SLOAN

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SLOAN, Percival Martin

Service Number:	400158
Enlisted:	23 June 1940
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	MELBOURNE, VIC, 9 November 1917
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, United Kingdom, 27 March 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 400158
23 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400158

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

DEATH IN AIR ACCIDENT
Pilot From Essendon
The day after his father had died in Melbourne Pilot-Officer Percival M. Sloan, R.A.A.F., met his death in an air-craft accident In England on Thursday. Aged 23, Pilot Officer Sloan, whose home was in Essendon, was educated at Scotch College. He became a stock salesman for the Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd., and joined the R.A.A.F. last year. He trained under the Empire Air Scheme, and had only recently arrived in England from Canada.

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