JOINER, Roy James
| Service Number: | VX23640 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beech Forest, Victoria, Australia , 1 March 1913 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial, Violet Town Primary School WW2 Honour Roll, Yea War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX23640 | |
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| 10 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX23640, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Fox
Roy joined the Militia on 9 Apr 1934 and served for three years in the 38th Infantry Battalion. He then enlisted in the Army for overseas service on 10 Jun 1940 and just 12 days later married Elizabeth HILL. As part of A Coy, 2/22 Battalion, Roy embarked on the ship 'Katoomba' for Rabaul, New Britain disembarking there on 26 Apr 1941.
When the Japanese invaded New Britain on 23 Jan 1942 he was captured on the North Coast and became a Prisoner of War. He died on board the 'Montevideo Maru' when it was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of the Philippines on 01 Jul 1942, en route from Rabaul to Hainan.
[Source: Colac Family History Project/WW2 Honour Roll]
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