| Regimental number | 15802 |
| Place of birth | Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales |
| School | Double Bay Public School, New South Wales |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Pathologist |
| Address | Darlinghurst, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 18 |
| Height | 5' 9" |
| Weight | 143 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, W J Joyce, 96 Bayswater Road, Darlinghurst, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Served as a Naval Cadet, Rushcutters Bay Depot ( 2 years in the Compulsory Military Training scheme). |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | October 1916 Reinforcements |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/99/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 15th Field Ambulance |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | On leaving school he entered the laboratory of the late Doctor J. Fromde Flashman and on the latter enlisting for active service Joyce went to the Royal Hospital for Women. (details from Father) |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium |
| Age at death | 19.6 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
| Place of burial | Buttes New British Cemetery (Plot X, Row B, Grave No. 8), Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 183 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William James and Letitia Mary JOYCE, Faraday Avenue, Rose Bay, New South Wales. Native of Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Family/military connections | Brother: 32091 Sergeant William Henry JOYCE MSM, War Records Section, returned to Australia, 28 September 1919. |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 17 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 January 1917. Found guilty, Australian Army Medical Corps Details, No 2 Camp, Parkhouse, of being absent without leave from parade, 16 January 1917: forfeited 1 day's pay. Proceeded overseas to France, 3 February 1917. Transferred to 5th Division Army Medical Corps, 24 February 1917; taken on strength, 15th Field Ambulance, 26 February 1917. Admitted to 9th Casualty Clearing Station, 16 June 1917 (not yet diagnosed); transferred to Ambulance Train, 18 June 1917, and admitted to 39th General Hospital, Havre, 19 June 1917 (venereal disease); discharged to duty, 12 August 1917; total period of treatment: 55 days; rejoined 15th Field Ambulance, in the field, 20 August 1917. Killed in action, 2 October 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, JOYCE Arthur Alfred Alexander |
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