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SLOAN, Beresford Terence
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 44 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 9 October 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Granville, New South Wales, 29 August 1888 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (Q), Richmond, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Well-borer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Petersham, New South Wales, 18 January 1958, aged 69 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Biography
Reattested 25 Nov 1915.
Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) shows Pte. Sloan embarking from Melbourne on 22 Dec 1914 aboard the HMAT Ceramic A40. He was wounded at Quinns Post Gallipoli and returned to Australia to convalesce.
He then re-embarks from Brisbane with the 15th Infantry Battalion on 03 Jan 1916 aboard HMAT Kyarra. He rejoined his battalion at the front.
He went on to win the Military Medal in September 1917 at Zonnebeke, and rose through the ranks to Lieutenant before he returned to Australia at cessation of hostilities in 1919.
Updated by Wayne Bastin (T.B Sloan was my great uncle)
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