JOY, Sydney William
| Service Numbers: | VX127032, V75871, VX127032 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia , 10 July 1912 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 May 2001, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lilydale Lawn Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, VX127032, Australian Motor Transport Company | |
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| 20 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V75871, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 18 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX127032, Australian Motor Transport Company | |
| 13 Feb 1945: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, VX127032, Australian Motor Transport Company | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, VX127032 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
William was the eldest of four children of William George Joy (born 1882 in Hawthorne, Victoria) and Florence Emily Churchus (born 1885 in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria). William Snr, a Felt Hatmaker, and Florence married in 1911 and settled in Hawthorne, Victoria where they raised their family.
William, a Salesman, enlisted in the Army in March 1941, and was a Private (Service No:VX127032) with MTTD when he was Discharged in February 1945. Youger twin brothers, Frank Edward (Service No: VX138940) and Albert Fred (Service No:VX139085) also served in WWII.
In 1945 William was working as a Knife Hand in melbourne when he married Ella Maria Goold (born 1911 in Ulverstone, Tasmania). Ella was a Machinist, and she and William lived in Hawthorn until the early 1960s when they moved to Kew, where William worked as a Garage Hand until 1980. Ella died in 1984 and William in 2001.