THE VICTORIA CROSS GROUP AWARDED TO LIEUTENANT WILLIAM JOYNT, 8TH BATTALION, AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, IS NOW IN THE CUSTODY OF THE MELBOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, VICTORIA. |
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23 September 2021 |
Following William Joynt's heroic action in 1918, which resulted in the award of the Victoria Cross, his impressive VC medal group had been held by the family. The Victoria Cross medal set is now in the custody of William Joynt's old school, the Melourne Grammar School, in the state of Victoria.
[ London Gazette, 27 November 1918 ], Peronne, France, 23 August 1918, Lieutenant William Donovan Joynt, 8th Bn, Australian Imperial Force
For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during the attack on Herleville Wood, near Chuignes, Peronne, on 23rd August 1918.
William Joynt was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 12 July 1919.
William Joynt died on the 5th May 1986, aged 97 years and 48 days, at his home in Windsor, Melbourne, in the state of Victoria and was buried in the city's Brighton Lawn Cemetery. |
Iain Stewart, 24 September 2021