Clarence William PHISTER

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PHISTER, Clarence William

Service Numbers:	QX14888, 23633
Enlisted:	17 July 1940
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Pittsworth, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia, 20 January 1906
Home Town:	Caboolture, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Schooling:	Yandilla Provisional School, Millmerran, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Cleveland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australial, 30 August 1978, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland
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World War 2 Service

17 Jul 1940:	Involvement QX14888
17 Jul 1940:	Enlisted
17 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX14888
29 Sep 1940:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX14888
29 Sep 1940:	Discharged
30 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 23633
19 Sep 1942:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 23633
19 Sep 1942:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, 23633, No 3 Fighter Section Townsville

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Clarence was the fifth of eight children of Robert Morrison Phister (born 1863 in Ipswich, QLD) and Janet King (born 1871 in Leyburn, QLD). In 1890 Robert was a Labourer when he married Janet, and they settled on the Darling Downs in QLD to raise their family.

Clarence had worked as a Barman at his brother's (George) hotel at Grantham on the Darling Downs, and in 1939 was working as a Cook in Toowoomba, QLD when he enlisted in the Army. He was a Private (Service No:QX1488) when he Discharged in September 1940 to enlist in the RAAF. He was a Leading Aircraftman (Service No:23633) with No 3 Fighter Section Townsville when he was Discharged in September 1942. His Uncle Alfred (aka as John Luscombe, Trooper, Service No: 1437) served in the Boer War; Brothers Roy (Private; Service No:6551) and George (Private, Service No:6547) served in WWI; and Brothers Samuel (Leading Aircraftman, Service No:77496), Cyril (Private, Service No:QX1038), Percy (Private, Service No:Q141487) and Gordon (Staff Sergeant, Service No:QX16310) and Brother-in-Law David George Ashlin (Sapper, Service No:QX29717) served in WWII.

Clarence settled in Brisbane after the War, where he worked as a Barman, before becoming a Storekeeper in Camp Hill, Brisbane in the 1960s and at Point Lookout on Stradbroke Island in the mid 1970s. Clarence died in 1978.

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