Squadron Leader [Pilot]

Ernest Leslie Joyce

DFM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Ernest Joseph and Cora Winifred Joyce, of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

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Personal Tributes:

Submitted by: Maria Feliciana Coll
Relationship to casualty: None
We just wanted to honour this young man who fell when contributing to the liberation of Europe. With gratitude.

Casualty

Service Number: 
40770
Name:
Ernest Leslie Joyce
Rank: 
Squadron Leader
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
17 April 1920
Place of Birth: 
Hamilton, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Salesman
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 122 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
17 June 1944
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
24
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
France
Ernest Leslie Joyce
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