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JOY, Robert Sizer
Personal Details
Service Number: | 722 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Eastern Hill, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sudbury, Suffolk, England, 1871 |
Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Grammar School, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, ENgland |
Occupation: | Drpaer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Row L, Grave 20, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 722, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Eastern Hill, Victoria | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 722, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 722, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Lowered his age when enlisting
Son of Robert Sizer Joy and Ann Joy of Sudbury, Suffolk, England. Next of kin given as his sister Beatrice Wharlow of Sudbury
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal