JOYCE, Peter John
| Service Numbers: | 3335, 3335A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 11 June 1896 |
| Home Town: | Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Carriage Builder |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 May 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3335, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3335, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 20 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3335A, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3335A awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Peter John JOYCE (Service Number 3335A) was born in Surry Hills on 11th June 1896. His father Thomas died in 1908. Peter joined the NSW Government Railways as an apprentice carriage builder at the Eveleigh workshops in September 1912. In July 1915 he enlisted in the AIF at Warwick farm.
He embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Euripides’ in November 1915. He was sent first to Egypt.
He was punished with 14 days detention and six days loss of pay for absenting himself from parades in camp at Zeitoun.
He joined the 53rd Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir in February 1916. In April he was punished for neglecting to obey the order of an NCO, and for absenting himself from mess orderlies’ parades. In May, he was again punished, by seven days’ detention, for neglecting to obey an order. He re-joined his unit from detention in mid-May. A month later was sent with them to France.
Absence from parade in July, neglecting his duty while a sentry in September, and Absence Without Leave for four days in November, brought further punishments on him in 1916.
In January 1917 he was sent to hospital, for dental attention. Then he was sent fo three weeks rest and re-joined his unit on 25th February. On 6th April he was sent to hospital sick, re-joining his unit on 21st April.
On 20th May 1917 he was killed in action. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
A war pension was granted to his widowed mother.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.