Robert Sizer JOY

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Service Number:	722
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

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 722, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Eastern Hill, Victoria
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

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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