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The life of Thomas Paul Joyce
Biography
Thomas Paul Joyce worked as a carrier and later as a linesman. The AIF Project records his birthplace as Avoca, in northeastern Tasmania, Australia, and lists his wife, E. M. Joyce, at an address in Macquarie Street, Hobart, the island’s capital.
During the First World War he served as Private 3504 in the 40th Battalion. He embarked from Melbourne, in Victoria on the Australian mainland, with its 9th Reinforcement aboard the Aeneas on October 30, 1917, aged 37. The military compilation labels November 20, 1918 as his return to Australia. That may mark departure for home rather than arrival; a court account places his return in January 1919.
Newspaper court reports describe his marriage to Edith Marion at Hobart in April 1903 and their separation in 1922. The divorce became absolute on November 21, 1927.
The AIF Project gives his death as July 1, 1946 and records a plaque in the Launceston Garden of Remembrance.
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A life in dates
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Marriage and household — Hobart / Hobart Town.
Hobart / Hobart Town
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Probable enlistment and divorce context — Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania.
Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania
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Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force; served as Private 3504 with the 40th Battalion, according to the compiled military roll.
Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania
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Private 3504 of the 40th Battalion AIF embarked from Melbourne with the 9th Reinforcement aboard the Aeneas, according to the military compilation.
Melbourne, Victoria
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A military compilation dates his return to Australia to November 20, 1918; this may refer to departure for home. A court account places his arrival in January 1919.
Australia
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Joyce divorce decree made absolute; newspaper court report.
Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania
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Family records
- Divorce Court,Examiner22Nov1927p6
- DNA consolidated biography and timeline evidence and decisions
- Joyce divorce,Mercury21Jun1927p3
- UNSW ADFA AIF Thomas Paul Joyce