Robert SLOAN

Regimental number7/121
AddressRolleston Street, Timaru
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Sloan, 10 Clifton Gardens, Stanford Hill, London, England
Previous military serviceServed in the South African (Boer) War.
Rank on embarkationSergeant Major
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, Main Body, embarked on board two ships, HMNZT 4 'Tahiti' and HMNZT 11 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankStaff Sergeant Major
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 21 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsHill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs R. Sloan, Dungannon, Ireland; Wife: Ellenor Sloan, 22 High Street, Sidcup, Kent, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Main Body