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Title
Joyce diaries, 19 January 1916-31 December 1917 / John Joyce
Creator
John Joyce
Level of description
sub-fonds
Date

19 January 1916-31 December 1917
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
866908
Physical Description
0.05 metres of textual material - manuscript
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

John Joyce, storekeeper of Hawthorne, Victoria was born in Armagh, Ireland. He enlisted aged 28 on 27 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A71 Nestor, 11 Oct. 1915. He served with the 7th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces in northern France and Belgium. He was promoted to lance-corporal on 2 Aug. 1916, was wounded in action on 17 Aug. 1916, invalided from France to England on 21 Aug. 1916 and returned to Melbourne on HMAT Miltiades, 2 June 1917
Scope and Content
ITEM 01
John Joyce diary, 27 July 1915-21 April 1916

ITEM 02
John Joyce diary, 10 June-31 July 1916

ITEM 03
John Joyce diary, 1 August-27 August 1916

ITEM 04
John Joyce diary, 1 August-27 August 1916

ITEM 05
John Joyce miscellaneous papers, ca. 1916

ITEM 06
John Joyce miscellaneous papers, ca. 1915
General note

See locations P1/Joyce, John, and R 879 for pictorial material
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Name
Miltiades (ship)
Nestor (ship)
Australia. Army. Battalion, 7th
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
Soldiers--Australia--Diaries.
Soldiers--Australia.
World War, 1914-1918--Australia.

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