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==Early life==
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Joshua was born on 6 June 1906 in [[Prahran, Victoria]]. He was the son of Mary Inglis ({{nee|Drummond}}) and Edward Cecil Joshua.<ref name=adb/> His father was born in [[Mauritius]], where there was a branch of the family’s Melbourne-based Joshua Brothers Distillery.
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Joshua was born on 6 June 1906 in [[Prahran, Victoria]]. He was the son of Mary Inglis ({{nee|Drummond}}) and Edward Cecil Joshua.<ref name=adb/> His father was born in [[Mauritius]], where there was a branch of the family’s Melbourne-based Joshua Brothers Distillery. a of [[Solomon]] and financier [[Joseph Barrow Montefiore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/joshua-saul-20218|title=Saul Joshua (1842–1918)|publisher=Obituaries Australia|access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref>
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Joshua attended Caulfield State School and [[Wesley College, Melbourne|Wesley College]], was briefly a [[motor mechanic]], and became a teller at the [[Bank of Australasia]]. He married schoolteacher Alma Agnes Watson at [[Glen Iris, Victoria|Glen Iris]] on 27 November 1929.<ref name=”adb”>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Browne|first=Geoff|authorlink=|year=1996|id=A140671b.htm|title=Joshua, Robert (1906–1970)|accessdate=2016-10-03}}</ref>
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Joshua attended Caulfield State School and [[Wesley College, Melbourne|Wesley College]], was briefly a [[motor mechanic]], and became a teller at the [[Bank of Australasia]]. He married schoolteacher Alma Agnes Watson at [[Glen Iris, Victoria|Glen Iris]] on 27 November 1929.<ref name=”adb”>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Browne|first=Geoff|authorlink=|year=1996|id=A140671b.htm|title=Joshua, Robert (1906–1970)|accessdate=2016-10-03}}</ref>
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