JUETT, Alexander
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 12 November 1886 |
| Home Town: | Day Dawn, Cue, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers Perth, Brasenose College, Oxford, England |
| Occupation: | Doctor |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 19 May 1953, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Plot: Anglican-Ja-0162. |
| Memorials: | Stirling East Primary School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Captain, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Captain, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 44th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from U.K. for France. | |
| 3 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 44th Infantry Battalion, WIA during an Enemy Gas Attack. Stabilized at 30th General Hospital at Calais, France then evacuated to 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth, England. | |
| 28 Dec 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on page 13568 at position 75. | |
| 16 Mar 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 44th Infantry Battalion, Embarked to Alexanderia on "Czaritza". Then R.T.A. from Alexanderia on "Dunluce Castle". Disembarking back in Australia on 06 May 1919. | |
| 8 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 44th Infantry Battalion, Appointment Terminated. | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 44th Infantry Battalion |
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Excerpt from Blood Sweat and Fears: Medical Practitioners and Medical Students of South Australian who Served in World War 1. Courtesy of the Authors
Alexander Juett was born in Adelaide on 12th November 1886. His father, John Duncan Juett was the owner of Great Fingall Mine near Day Dawn, Western Australia and his mother was Clara Jane, nee Smith. He was educated in Adelaide until 1902 when his family moved to Perth where he was educated at Christian Brothers College in Perth Western Australia. Alexander was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1906. He studied medicine and arts at Brasenose College, Oxford, and graduated in 1912 with a BA, MB BCh. He was said to be proficient in field sports as well as academically. Following graduation in 1913 he worked as a Casualty Officer in Heidelberg Hospital and as House Officer in the Middlesex Hospital. He returned to Australia and was a medical officer at Cue-Day Dawn Hospital and a District Medical Officer for the next 2 years. He married, Miss Ida Grierson from London, in Perth on 3rd March 1914.
Juett enlisted on 4th January 1916. He was described as 29 years old 6ft tall, and weighed 200lbs. His next of kin was recorded as his wife Ida, and gave her address as 84 Warwick Road, Ealing, London; he gave his postal address as Day Dawn, Western Australia. He could ride a horse and had some French language. Juett was initially posted to the 44 Bn. He embarked for overseas from Fremantle on 6th June 1916 on the Lydia disembarking in Plymouth on 21st July 1916. He was transferred to 11 FdAmb on 9th February 1917 and on the 17th April 1917 he was transferred to 1 ACCS; he returned to his unit on 29th April. He was wounded in action with a gunshot wound and was admitted to 30th General Hospital at Calais on the 5th June 1917. However within three day he was back in the field and was gassed on the 8th June and transferred, on 13th June 1917, to the 3rd London General Hospital. He was attached for duty to 3 AAH in Dartford on 24th July. He was Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig on 7th November 1917 and was brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for his valuable work. He transferred to 2nd Convalescent Depot on 24th Aug 1918. He attended Mundesley Neurological Hospital for education purposes on 12th February 1919. He embarked for Australia on 16th March 1919. He was transhipped to the Dunluce Castle at Alexandria on 7th April 1919. His appointment was terminated on 8th August 1919. He was issued the British War Medal and Victory Medal with Oak Leaves.
Juett had a medical practice in Perth after the war and became “one of the most prominent” and “selfless” of orthopaedic surgeons. He established orthopaedic clinics at the Children's Hospital and Perth Hospital. He was a foundation Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He gave free services to the Fairbridge Farm School and he was Honorary Surgeon to the Maimed and Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association. He was a consultant with the rank of major during the WW2. Alexander Juett died on 19th May 1953. He was survived by his wife Ida. When Ida died she left a bequest to the University of Western Australia in memory of her husband to enable graduates of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences to gain additional knowledge outside of Australia.
Sources:
National Archives of Australia
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=7366367
Official Publications of the University of Western Australia
The West Australian (Perth) 22nd May 1953
The Bone and Joint Journal, Vol. 3413, No 3, August 1954.
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