Gordon French PHISTER

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PHISTER, Gordon French

Service Number:	QX16310
Enlisted:	11 July 1940
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Pittsworth, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia, 10 November 1914
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Yandilla Provisional School, Millmerran, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Warden
Died:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 2 June 1988, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance \| Cemetery & Crematorium
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World War 2 Service

11 Jul 1940:	Involvement QX16310
11 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, QX16310, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion
11 Jul 1940:	Enlisted
7 Apr 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX16310, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion, embarked Sydney for Middle East
15 Jul 1941:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 24 Infantry Training Battalion - Palestine
28 May 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX16310, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion, embarked Middle East for Sydney on board SS Felix Roussel
28 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, QX16310, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion, embarked Brisbane for Lae on board the Katoomba
9 Dec 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, QX16310, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion, embarked Lae for Brisbane
10 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, QX16310, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion
10 Jan 1946:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Gordon French Phister was the youngest of 8 children of Robert Morrisn Phister and Janet King of Ipswich and the Darling Downs in QLD.

Brother Samuel served with the RAAF in WWII, brother Robert Morrison was Killed in Action in Belgium during WWI, brother George served with 14th Coy 4th Australian Machine Gun Battalion in WWI and with the ACMF in WWII, brother Cyril (AKA Robinson) served with 2/9th Battalion (1939 - 1940), brother Clarence William served with the RAAF in WWII, and brother Percy served with 1 Garrison Battalion in WWII

Gordon served with 2/25 Australian Infantry Battalion as a Staff Sergeant (Service No:QX13610) in WWII. He was working as a Warden at a Boys' Hostel in Chrleville, QLD prior to his Enlistment in the Australian Army in 1940.

Gordon married Violet (Vi) May Stradling in 1947 in Brisbane, QLD - Vi had been a Private in the ACMF in WWII. Gordon and Vi setteld in Toowoomba, QLD where Gordon worked as a Supply Officer until his death in 1988

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