Frank Northey Sleeman (4 March 1915 – 1 August 2000) was

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from 1976 to 1982.

Early life and education

Sleeman grew up in Redfern, Sydney. He attended

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Military service and prisoner of war

Sleeman was an army lieutenant at the outbreak of the Second World War. He was captured by the Japanese and spent 3 years and 8 months as a prisoner of war in Jentsuji Prison Camp Japan. After the war, Sleeman settled in

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and worked as a salesman for the Australian General Electric Company. He married Norma Robinson on 29 December 1945.

Lord Mayor of Brisbane

Major Sleeman became Lord Mayor of Brisbane in 1976 after the Labor party leader in the

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, Bryan Walsh, failed to hold his ward. The major project of his time in office was the building of the site for the 1982 Commonwealth Games, which is now named the Sleeman Centre in his honour. Frank Sleeman died on 1 August 2000Death notice
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, aged 85.

References

Books and articles

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sleeman, Frank 1915 births 2000 deaths Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane Australian Labor Party mayors People educated at Canterbury Boys' High School Australian military personnel of World War II Australian prisoners of war World War II prisoners of war held by Japan