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Matthew JOYCE

Regimental number7258
Place of birthEaglehawk, Victoria
SchoolGovernment school
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStorekeeper
AddressBoulder City, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinAunt, Mrs Rosina Oates, 89 Richardson Street, Boulder City, Western Australia
Enlistment date29 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 24th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 29 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XVI, Row A, Grave No. 4), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
80
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Matthew and Mary Ann JOYCE
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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