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4 unusual facts about Ernest Joyce


Ernest Joyce

Whatever the circumstances, Joyce did not sail; he remained in Australia, obtaining work with the Sydney Harbour Trust.

The last-named year saw him serving on HMS Gibraltar in Cape Town where, in September, Scott's expedition ship Discovery stopped on the way to the Antarctic.

Tyler-Lewis, Kelly: The Lost Men Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2007 ISBN 978-0-7475-7972-4

Polar Medal

Both Frank Wild and Ernest Joyce hold the joint record of four bars on their Polar Medal.



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