DescriptionEnlisted 24 Jan 1917 with Auckland Infantry Regiment. Prior to this he was a bank clerk with the National Bank in Waihi. Served in France and was wounded in April 1918. Returned to NZ in 1919 where he became a superb golfer, winning two N Z Amateur titles and the NZ Open championship in the 1920”s. Moved to Australia in 1929 and became secretary of Commonwealth Golf Club in Melbourne. After retiring in the mid 1960”s he became a golf course designer. Sloan died in 1970. (Aged 73, married with one daughter).
Sloan's Military Record can be viewed on Archway
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Originally uploaded to the Tauranga Memories website (2011-2020), into the Remembering War basket, or focus group, by Tauranga City Libraries staff (Harley Couper), on September 02, 2014.
Its original URL was: http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/remembering_war/images/show/8947 and its original license was: Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercial 3.0 New Zealand License.
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First name: Sloan
Surname: Morpeth
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Year: 1914
