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JOYCE, Gordon
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 886, 1740 |
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Enlisted: | 16 March 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Port Lincoln, South Australia, 2 April 1894 |
Home Town: | East Fremantle, East Fremantle, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Fremantle State School, Western Australia |
Occupation: | Grocer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 November 1916, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 886, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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23 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
23 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1740, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Samuel and and Annie Joyce, of 187, Holland St., Fremantle, Western Australia. Born in South Australia.