JOYCE, Selby Joseph Ferney
| Service Number: | 6028 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 10th Australian Field Ambulance Station, France, 24 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot 111, Row C, Grave 19, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6028, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW | |
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| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 6028, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 6028, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 6028, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6028 awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-12-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Selby Joseph Ferney JOYCE was born in Waterloo, Sydney in 1892
His parents were Joseph Vincent JOYCE and Alice Mary Bridget Christina FERNEY - the family moved to Western Australia where Alice died in 1895. His father Joseph remarried to a Cecelia Day O'BRIEN in 1896 -Cecelia died in 1927 in Western Australia
He enlisted in Casula, NSW on 7th December, 1915 with the 5th Infantry Battalion as a Private and embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Themistocles on 28th July, 1916 - he transferred to the 38th Infantry Battalion on 30th September, 1916
Selby died of Wounds on the 24th December, 1916 at the 10th Australian Field Ambulance Station in France and is buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
He was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal
His brother Claude/Clyde Henry JOYCE (SN3776) also served in the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade in WW1 & returned to Australia
His half brother Leslie Mervyn Vincent JOYCE (SN7987) served in WW1 in the 16th Infantry Battalion and also in WW2 (SN W243453) in the 10th Garrison Battalion
Another half brother Eric Albert Beddingfield JOYCE (SN W71789) served in WW2 and another half brother Roy Stanley Norman JOYCE (WX5006) served in WW2
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