Soldier profiles
Name : BRISTER, WILLIAM
Service Number : VX16865
Date of Birth : 20/11/1917
Place of Birth : VIC
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Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 24/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : CARLTON, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : FLYNN, R
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEERS TRAINING BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
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Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 24/09/1942
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6203828 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : BRISTER. ? On July 19 (suddenly), William, the dearly beloved son of Ruby and the late William Bristcr, and loving brother of Edmond, George, and Jessie, aged 29 years, late 2nd/2nd Pioneers, 2nd A.I.F. Age, 20 July 1946, p. 9.
