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Robert Sizer JOY

Regimental number722
Place of birthSudbury, Suffolk, England
SchoolNonconformist Grammar School, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia40
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDraper
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinSister, Mrs G P Wharlow, Sudbury, Sussex, England
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death25 April 1915
Age at death43
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Row L, Grave No. 20), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
47
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Zizer and Ann JOY. Native of Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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