Awards & Winners

William Joynt

Date of Birth 19-March-1889
Place of Birth Elsternwick
(City of Glen Eira, Victoria, Melbourne)
Nationality Australia, United Kingdom
Profession Soldier
William Donovan Joynt VC, an office worker, farm labourer, soldier, farmer, printer, publisher and author, was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest military award for gallantry in the face of the enemy given to British and Commonwealth forces. On 23 August 1918 at Herleville, near Chuignes, Peronne, France, he performed an act of bravery for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Awards by William Joynt

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1918


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 23rd August 1918 as Lieutenant of the 8th Battalion, AIF during the First World War.)