JOYCE, Stephen
| Service Number: | 3342 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland, 26 December 1889 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station overseer |
| Died: | Accidental (horse riding injuries), Beaudesert, Queensland, 1 August 1928, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3342, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3342, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Imprisoned Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John E
"...3342 Corporal Stephen Joyce, 15th Battalion, from Townsville, Queensland... Cpl Joyce enlisted on 30 July 1915 and embarked for overseas on 21 October 1915 aboard HMAT Seang Bee. He was captured at Pozieres, France on 7 August 1916. On 5 October 1916 he wrote from POW camp Munster: "I am a Prisoner of War and wounded in Germany, I have nothing at all and would be very much obliged if you would send me some clothes & a parcel of comforts Tobacco, Pipe & some eatables. Would you please notify my Battalion where I am, also my people and oblige." He was held as a POW in Germany before being exchanged to Holland in October 1918. He arrived in England in November 1918 and arrived back in Australia in May 1919..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
"HORSE KILLS RIDER. STOCKMAN DRAGGED AROUND YARD.
With his foot caught in the stirrup iron, Stephen Joyce, 38, a stookman at a station near Beaudesert, was dragged around a yard by a horse which had unseated him. His injuries proved fatal. Joyce had been engaged at Kooralbyn, near Beaudesert, for the past two years as head stockman. About 9.30 yesterday morning he was breaking in a horse. While he was seated on his mount in the yard, the horse suddenly reared and struck him in the face, unseating him. His foot became caught in the stirrup iron and he was dragged round the yard. Believed to be a native of Townsville, Joyce was a married man. He is survived by a wife and daughter who reside in Brisbane." - from the Brisbane Daily Standard 02 Aug 1928 (nla.gov.au)
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