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Major Ernest Graham Joy was an American-born Canadian who became a flying ace during World War I. He set aside his law studies and family obligations to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force. 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 World War I to practice law, he would return to the colours for World War II. ==Early life== Ernest Graham Joy was born in Anniston, Alabama, U. S. A. on 2 November 1888.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/attestation/joy.php Retrieved 5 December 2011.〕 He was the son of Jean Hannah Graham and Harold Holt Joy.〔http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/musk11.htm Retrieved 13 December 2011.〕 He was a third year law student in Osgoode Hall Law School's Class of 1916〔''Canada Law Journal'', pp. 195-196.〕 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.〔 However, genealogical records give his marriage date as 15 July 1915. He married Dorothy Ewart Primrose of Toronto in Humphries Township. 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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「E. Graham Joy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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