JOYCE, Clarence Sasfield
| Service Number: | 6146 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1916, Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charleville, Queensland, Australia, 25 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Gayndah, North Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane Junction Park School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 May 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gayndah District Honour Roll, Gayndah Reid's Creek No 261 Rifle Club Roll of Honour, Gayndah War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6146, 25th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6146, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6146, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane | |
| 6 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6146, 25th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Clarence Sasfield JOYCE was born in Charleville, Queensland on 25th September, 1893
His parents were Patrick JOYCE & Adelaide TOOVEY who married in Maryborough, Queensland on 23rd December, 1876
He enlisted in Brisbane on 15th August, 1916 and embarked from Brisbane with the 25th Infantry Battalion, 17th reinforcements on the HMAT Marathon on 27th October, 1916
Clarence was Killed in Action in France on 6th May, 1917 - no known grave - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Villers Bretonneux Memorial.
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His brother Horace Toovey JOYCE (SN 2678) also served during WW1 and was Killed in Action in 1917
ALWAYS REMEMBERED
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