JOYCE, Horace Toovey
| Service Number: | 2678 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charleville, Queensland, Australia, 9 February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Gayndah, North Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Junction Park School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 June 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gayndah Reid's Creek No 261 Rifle Club Roll of Honour, Gayndah War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2678, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2678, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2678, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2678, 52nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Horace Toovey JOYCE was born in Charleville, Queensland on 9th February, 1896
His parents were Patrick JOYCE & Adelaide TOOVEY who married in Maryborough , Queensland on 23rd December, 1876
He enlisted on 5th June, 1916 and embarked with the 52nd Infantry Battalion, 6th reinforcements from SYdney on 7th October, 1916 on the HMAT Ceramic
Horace was Killed in Action in Belgium on 9th June, 1917 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Menin Gate Memorial
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His brother Clarence Sasfield JOYCE (SN 6146) was also Killed in Action during WW1 on 6th May, 1917
ALWAYS REMEMBERED
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