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JOYCE, Norman
(Service number 7/1368)

World War One servicemen, circa 1914-1919 — Five members of the 8th (SC) Mounted Rifles, pictured in a studio portrait. Pictured are (rom left to right)):
At back: Les Richards, Norman Joyce, J H Boyce;
Front: Ted Garland (Corporal), Harry Hawke. (Waimate Museum & Archives P6855)

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	13/11/1894	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date	12 June 1915	Age	20
Address at Enlistment	Norton's Reserve, Waimate
Occupation	Farm worker
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mr F. Joyce (father), Norton's Reserve, Waimate
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian and Balkans (Gallipoli)
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	21 May 1916	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	27 December 1959	Age	65
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Internal Affairs Notification, Military personnel file
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru
Memorial Reference	Row 51, Plot 266
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

In 1919 Norman married Julia Josephine Fowler. They had four boys, Norman Edward, Peter, Murray, and Ian. Their eldest son, Norman Edward served in 23 Battalion during World War Two (service no.74332) and was killed in action in Italy in October 1944, at 24 years of age.

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); Timaru District Council Cemeteries database; NZSG V5; SCRoll web submission by D Pinnell, 19 March 2021 (incl. supplying the grave registration for Noramn Edward Joyce, 1944)

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Researched and Written by

Ted Hansen, SC branch NZSG

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