JOYCE, Tom
| Service Number: | 2699 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chain of Ponds, South Australia, 11 February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Stirling East School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Loxton Paruna District Great War Roll of Honor, Loxton and District Great War Roll of Honor, Murray Bridge Hospital Memorial Gates, Paruna Browns Well & District Memory of the Fallen Arch Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2699, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2699, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2699, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2699, 27th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
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His brother, 3042 Corporal Hedley Joyce of the 50th Battalion AIF was killed in action on 2 April 1917
"THE LATE PRIVATE T. JOYCE.
Private Tom Joyce, who was killed in France on November 5, was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Joyce, of Paruna. He was born at Chain of Ponds on February 11, 1896, and spent his early life at Aldgate, attending the Stirling East school. After leaving school he went to Murray Bridge, where he was for some time in the employ of the Irrigation Department. In 1914 he accompanied his parents to Paruna, where they are farming. He enlisted on July 19, 1915, and left for the front on October 27. After some months in Egypt he went to France, and served there seven mouths. For his honorable and upright character he was held in high esteem by all who knew him. An elder brother has just returned to duty, after being wounded." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 20 Jan 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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