JOYNSON, Harry
| Service Number: | 3312 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, England, 5 June 1894 |
| Home Town: | Howard, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Howard, Fraser Coast - Queensland, Australia , 25 April 1966, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Howard Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Shire of Howard Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3312, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) | |
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| 22 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3312, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3312, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 22 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3312, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 22 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3312, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 3312, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), France - Gassed | |
| 31 Mar 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 3312, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), per HT Kyber | |
| 5 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3312, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Harry was the sixth of nine children of Thomas Joynson (born 1858 in Cheshire, England) and Mary Jane Grant (Born 1859 in Staffordshire, England). Thomas - a Coal Miner - and Mary married in 1879 in Staffordshire, where they lived until moving to Lancashire in 1895. In 1909 Thomas and Mary immigrated to Australia (their eldest son had immigrated in 1907), arriving in Brisbane, QLD on board the Osterley. They settled at Howard in Wide Bay, QLD where Thomas worked as a Miner.
Harry was fifteen years of age when he arrived in Australia, and went to work as a Miner with his father and some of his brothers. In February 1916 Harry enlisted in the AIF and served as a Private and Sapper (Service No:3312) with 1st Tunnelling Coy. Harry was WiA in France in March 1918 - Lieutenant J H Bate wrote in his report 'Some were feeling sick and others developed sickness, and soreness of the eyes on the road back to camp' (National Archives Australia).
Discharged in July 1919, Harry returned to Howard in QLD and in 1925 was working as a Miner when he married Emilie Agnes Strehlau (born 1895 at Yengarie in QLD). Harry and Emilie settled at Howard in QLD where Harry continued working as a Miner. He died in 1966 and Emilie in 1969.
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