Second World War
Joynt was mobilised on 26 September 1939 and placed in command of the at Fort Queenscliff and subsequently Puckapunyal. From June 1942 he was camp staff officer then quartermaster at Seymour camp.
Having passed his 55th birthday, he was placed on the Retired List as an honorary lieutenant colonel on 10 October 1944.
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