Tom JOYCE

JOYCE, Tom

Service Number: 2699
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
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murray Bridge Hospital Memorial Gates, Paruna Memory of the Fallen Arch Gates
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World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2699, Keswick, South Australia
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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Biography

 

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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