PHISTER, Cyril
| Service Number: | QX1038 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 October 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pittsworth, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia, 30 May 1904 |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shearer |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 6 January 1971, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Oct 1939: | Involvement Private, QX1038 | |
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| 22 Oct 1939: | Enlisted | |
| 22 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX1038, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Feb 1940: | Discharged | |
| 8 Feb 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX1038, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Cyril was the fourth of eight children of Robert Morrison Phister (born 1863 in Ipswich, QLD) and Janet King (born 1871 in Leyburn, QLD). Robert( a Labourer) and Janet married in 1890 in Ipswich, QLD and settled at Millmerran on the Darling Downs to raise their family.
Cyril worked as a Labourer and Shearer in the Darling Downs Region, and was an amateur Boxer. He enlisted in the Army in October 1939 (following some brushes with the Law) and was a Private (Service No:QX1038) attached to 2/9 Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in February 1940. Five of Cyril's brothers served in WWII.
Cyril, aka Robinson, died in Sydney, NSW in 1971.