LEST WE FORGET

Flight Sergeant Brian Thomas SLOANE

Service No: 423387
Born: Marrickville NSW, 6 December 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 June 1942
Unit: No. 178 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Ground Accident, Italy, 23 July 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Bari War Cemetery, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas Noel Richard and May Maud M. Sloane, of Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 130, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Hurstville War Memorial, Hurstville NSW

Flight Sergeant Sloane (Air Gunner) died from injuries received when he was struck by a vehicle between Manfredonia and Foggia, Italy, on 23 July 1944.

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 423387
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line

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