Joseph Harold Laycock (1890 - 1986)

Born 17 Mar 1890 in Devonport, Tasmania, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Lottie Edith Nellie (Brown) Laycock — married 8 Oct 1923 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Descendants

Died 1986 at about age 95 in Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia

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Biography

Till did not know the year of his birth. He reported 1893 when he enlisted. ^[1]The Laycock Family Bible lists the year as 1890 but records the date as 15th March.^[2]

He enlisted as a driver in the 12th Battalion, First Australian Infantry Force on 20 August 1914, saw action at Gallipoli and in France. He returned to Australia on 23 September 1918. ^[3]

Both before and after the War, he worked for the Devonport branch of the River Don Trading Company^[4]

He married Lottie Edith Nellie Brown on 8 October 1923 at Launceston. ^[5]

He was a keen sportsman, playing football ^[6]and rowing, ^[7] and was a pigeon fancier ^[8]

He was also an active member of the Devonport branch of the Returned Servicemen's League, and a member of the AIF Originals Association, where stories of his exploits with his two horses Fish Tins and Dolly were well known. ^[9]

He passed away in April 1986, and is buried at Mersey Vale Lawn Cemetery, Spreyton, Plot 27, Row F, Location: L7. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ LAYCOCK Joseph Harold : Service Number - 37 : Place of Birth - Devonport TAS : Place of Enlistment - Pontville TAS : Next of Kin - (Mother) LAYCOCK Mrs, (digital copy of service record available online), National Australian Archives NAA: B2455, LAYCOCK JOSEPH HAROLD
2. ↑ Laycock Family Bible, in possession of S. Davies, Devonport
3. ↑ NAA: B2455, LAYCOCK JOSEPH HAROLD
4. ↑ 1918 'PERSONAL', Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 - 1928), 26 November, p. 2. , viewed 06 Jul 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article153006055, Extract: "Devonport will have a representative in the returning Anzacs to-day in Corporal J. H. Laycock (Till). He is a son of Mrs and the late Mr Joseph Laycock, and prior to enlistment was in the service of the River Don Trading Company Limited. Arrangements are being made to give him a fitting welcome at Devonport to-night on the arrival of the train. "
5. ↑ 1923 'Laycock—Brown.', Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), 22 November, p. 7. , viewed 03 Jul 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66797873
6. ↑ 1922 'NORTH-WESTERN ASSOCIATION', Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), 25 August, p. 3. , viewed 03 Jul 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66729103
7. ↑ 1919 'MERSEY AQUATIC NOTES', Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), 24 January, p. 4. , viewed 03 Jul 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66475030
8. ↑ 1948 'HOMING NOTES', Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), 10 November, p. 9. , viewed 03 Jul 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69187720
9. ↑ 1949 'A.I.F. ORIGINALS FIGHT BATTLES AGAIN AT REUNION', The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), 24 October, p. 4. , viewed 03 Jul 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26665725
10. ↑ Devonport City Council, Mersey Vale & Devonport Cemetery Search, URL: https://www.devonport.tas.gov.au/live/your-community/cemeteries-memorial-parks/cemetery-search/ Accessed 3 July 2021.

Research Notes

Year of birth was between older brother Joseph Oswald Aubrey (1888) and younger sister Hazel Annie Claribel (1891)