SLOAN, James David
Service Number: | 95 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent |
Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 18 April 1867 |
Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Compound Fracture of the thigh (Accident), Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa, 1 January 1901, aged 33 years |
Cemetery: |
Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery |
Memorials: | Adelaide Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, North Adelaide St Peter's Cathedral Boer War Honour Roll |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 95, 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent | |
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1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 95, 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent | |
1 Jan 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 95, 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James David SLOAN was born on 18th April, 1867 in Norwood, South Australia
His parents were Walter Stewart SLOAN and Jane Elizabeth FOLLETT
He died of shock in the Military Hospital in Cape Town following an operation for a compound fracture of his femur following after he fell off a horse
He died at the Military Hospital in Cape Town on 1st January, 1901 and is buried in Maitland Cemetery in Cape Town, South Africa
Biography
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Saturday 5 January 1901
DEATH OF A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUSHMAN.
His Excellency the Governor has received a cable message from Sir Alfred Milner, stating that Trooper J. D. Sloan, of the South Australian Bushmen's Contingent, had died at Cape Town on January 1, the cause of death being compound fracture of the thigh. Mr. W. Sloan, father of the deceased, lives in Kermode-street, North Adelaide.
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Wednesday 16 January 1901
DEATHS
SLOAN. — On the 1st January, at Cape Town, Trooper J. D. Sloan, of the South Australian Bushmen's Corps, second beloved son of Walter S. and Elizabeth Sloan, of Kermode-street, North Adelaide, aged 33 years. Respected by all who knew him.
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