Person

Jewett, George Colin Simpson (1903 - 1989)

Born: 8 November 1903
Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 25 August 1989
Balgownie, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Analytical chemist

Summary

George Jewett spent much of his working life at Australian Iron and Steel in Port Kembla, working on establishing reliable sampling procedures for raw materials used in the iron and steel industry and carrying out analyses on this wide variety of materials.

Details

Chronology

1936 - 1939: Career position - Chemist at Australian Iron and Steel in Port Kembla, New South Wales
1939 - 1945: Military service - Second World War - Second 1st Machine Gun Battalion
1945 -: Career position - Australian Iron and Steel in Port Kembla

Published resources

Resources

CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, 'NAA: B883, NX4884', B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=4612712. Details
'Jewett, George Colin Simpson (1904-1989)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475518. Details

Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes

Created: 18 September 1997, Last modified: 17 January 2024

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