JOYNT, Wilbur Francis (1898-1969)
JOYNT, Dr Wilbur Francis (1898-1969)
Wilbur Joynt was born 4 December 1898, the son of Captain Henry Francis Joynt and Katie Andrew nee Escott, of Queenscliff. As a youth he served 4 years in the Cadets. Joynt was educated at Scotch College from 1912 until 1915, and then at Geelong College where he was enrolled on 26 April 1916. His address at enrolment was Queenscliff, Victoria. He left College during his Form VI year on 13 July 1916. He initially applied to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the 19th of that month and was accepted for enlistment (No 1251) shortly after on 4 August 1916 aged 18 years and 6 months.
He was first sent to Signal School at Broadmeadows and Geelong. He embarked on HMAT A70 Ballarat on 19 February 1917 as a Private with the 6th Battalion (24th Reinforcement Group). He trained at Tidworth as an infantry officer prior to serving in France from 9 November 1917, and was wounded and gassed on 25 August 1918. He was transferred to Beaufort War Hospital in London before being invalided to Australia, embarking on 12 December 1918. He was discharged from the army on 3 March 1919.
After the war, Wilbur Joynt read Medicine at Dublin University graduating MBBS. He worked for a time at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne before moving interstate to a practise as an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in Adelaide, South Australia.
Dr Wilbur Joynt married artist Margaret (Mardi) Rosa Cudmore Andrews, daughter of Walter Frederick Andrews and Violet Mary nee Cudmore of Narrogia, Western Australia at St. Peters Church, Glenelg on 3 February 1927. The couple had one child, a daughter Pamela born in 1928.
During World War II on 15 December 1941, he re-enlisted (S34263) as a Lieutenant in the 3rd Filed Ambulance. He served until 22nd April 1942 when he was discharged from the army.
Dr Wilbur Joynt died on 12 April 1969 in Adelaide.
The Age, reported his death: 'One of SA’s leading medical men, Dr Wilbur Francis Joynt, collapsed at the Victoria Park racecourse on Saturday and died on the way to hospital. Dr Joynt, 70 was a prominent Adelaide obstetrician and gynaecologist and a keen racehorse owner. He collapsed just after his horse, Embason, had run in the last race of the day.'
Wilbur Joynt was born 4 December 1898, the son of Captain Henry Francis Joynt and Katie Andrew nee Escott, of Queenscliff. As a youth he served 4 years in the Cadets. Joynt was educated at Scotch College from 1912 until 1915, and then at Geelong College where he was enrolled on 26 April 1916. His address at enrolment was Queenscliff, Victoria. He left College during his Form VI year on 13 July 1916. He initially applied to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the 19th of that month and was accepted for enlistment (No 1251) shortly after on 4 August 1916 aged 18 years and 6 months.
He was first sent to Signal School at Broadmeadows and Geelong. He embarked on HMAT A70 Ballarat on 19 February 1917 as a Private with the 6th Battalion (24th Reinforcement Group). He trained at Tidworth as an infantry officer prior to serving in France from 9 November 1917, and was wounded and gassed on 25 August 1918. He was transferred to Beaufort War Hospital in London before being invalided to Australia, embarking on 12 December 1918. He was discharged from the army on 3 March 1919.
After the war, Wilbur Joynt read Medicine at Dublin University graduating MBBS. He worked for a time at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne before moving interstate to a practise as an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in Adelaide, South Australia.
Dr Wilbur Joynt married artist Margaret (Mardi) Rosa Cudmore Andrews, daughter of Walter Frederick Andrews and Violet Mary nee Cudmore of Narrogia, Western Australia at St. Peters Church, Glenelg on 3 February 1927. The couple had one child, a daughter Pamela born in 1928.
During World War II on 15 December 1941, he re-enlisted (S34263) as a Lieutenant in the 3rd Filed Ambulance. He served until 22nd April 1942 when he was discharged from the army.
Dr Wilbur Joynt died on 12 April 1969 in Adelaide.
The Age, reported his death: 'One of SA’s leading medical men, Dr Wilbur Francis Joynt, collapsed at the Victoria Park racecourse on Saturday and died on the way to hospital. Dr Joynt, 70 was a prominent Adelaide obstetrician and gynaecologist and a keen racehorse owner. He collapsed just after his horse, Embason, had run in the last race of the day.'
Source
The Age (Melb) 14 April 1969; Geelong Collegians at the Great War compiled by James Affleck. p 227 and Geelong Collegians at the Second World War page 302-303 (citing Pegasus; National Archives; Australian War Memorial).