Sylvia Florence VIZER

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VIZER, Sylvia Florence

Service Number:	107298
Enlisted:	26 October 1942
Last Rank:	Aircraftwoman
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 15 April 1920
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Glenelg Primary School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 May 1999, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

26 Oct 1942:	Involvement 107298
26 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide
26 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 107298
18 Feb 1946:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Aircraftwoman Sylvia Florence Vizer (Service No:107298) enlisted in the WAAAF on 26 October 1942 at No 5 Recruiting Centre Adelaide as an Aircraftwoman I - mustered as Office Orderly and re mustered as Recorder. ACW Vizer served with Nos 1 and 3 Volunteer Air Observers Corps (VAOC), and was attached to Air Defence Headquarters (ADHQ) in Brisbane at Discharge on 18 February 1946.

Sylvia was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1920, only child of Alfred Partington (b1891 in Hindmarsh, South Australia) and his second wife Florence Catherine Casey (b1893 in Adelaide, South Australia). Alfred and Florence married in 1919 in Adelaide, where they settled and raised their family and Alfred was a Carpenter. Florence's died in 1941, and Alfred later moved to Brisbane.

Sylvia worked as a Shop Assistant in Glenelg before enlisting in the WAAAF, and in 1944 in Brisbane married Albert Porter Vizer (b1915 in Brisbane, QLD) - Albert was a Corporal in the Army. Following Discharge, Sylvia and Albert settled in Brisbane, where they raised their family and Albert worked as a Shirt Cutter until retirement. Albert died in 1984 and Sylvia in 1999.

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