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Joshua James JOYCE

Regimental number197
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
SchoolGeelong College
ReligionProtestant
OccupationMiner
AddressPinjarrah, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinDr Caleb Joyce, Pinjarrah, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed with Tasmanian forces in S African war, was wounded, sent back to Tasmania, re-enlisted and served till the end of the War.
Enlistment date8 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 31 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularVictoria Gully Cemetery 31 Anzac
FateKilled in Action 9 July 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death9 July 1915
Age at death42
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 4), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
62
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert James and Harriett JOYCE. Native of Geelong, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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