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Ernest Graham Joy was born in Anniston, Alabama, United States A. on 2 November 1888.
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After transferring to the Royal Flying Corps, he was officially credited with eight aerial victories within two months while flying as a bomber pilot. While he left military service after to practice law, he would return to the colours for I. He was the son of Jean Hannah Graham and Harold Holt Joy. He was a third year law student in Osgoode Hall Law School"s Class of 1916 in Toronto when he enlisted into the 74th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 1 July 1915.
On his enlistment forms, he claimed to be married.
Because of five years previous experience in the Canadian military, he was accepted at the rank of major. His oath of allegiance to King George V denoted him as a naturalized Canadian citizen, as an American could not swear such an oath without losing his citizenship.
His military unit at time of marriage was recorded as 60th Battalion, CEF. Joy"s physical examination at enlistment showed him to be 6 feet 1/2 inch tall, with swarthy complexion and brown hair and eyes. On 23 April 1917 Major East. G. Joy was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps from the Central Ontario Regiment, CEF. On 9 May 1917, he was posted to 49 Squadron, but soon moved on to 23 Squadron.
In June or July 1917, he was assigned to 57 Squadron as a bomber pilot.
He would score seven victories for them in July and August 1917, before going to 205 Squadron. There he would score once more, a week before war"s education On 1 September, he became a Flight Commander.
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