Phyllis Fielder was born in 1919 in Queensland, Australia as the eighth child of William Henry Fielder and Elizabeth Olsen. She had eight siblings, namely: Kathleen Eveline, William Henry, Irene Jessie, Lionel Arthur, Eva Joyce, Stella, Horace Allan, and Keith Franklyn.

Phyllis married Douglas Godfrey Vincent Forster, son of Edward Forster and Edith.

They lived in Richmond Street, Kedron, Brisbane, Queensland Australia.

Douglas was a Flight Officer (pilot) in th R.A.A.F. His service number was 426571.

Douglas died on 10 April 1945[1] in Tea Gardens, Near Port Stephen, New South Wales, age 25, when his plane crashed in training. Also killed was his navigator, W.O. Thomas Bubke, 22.

Douglas Godfrey Vincent Forster and Phyllis Fielder had the following children:

1. Robyn Elizabeth Forster was born on 13 June 1945 in Queensland, Australia; two months after her fathers death.

Phyllis, a widow at 25, never re-married.

Citations:

1. NSW Registry Of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 12249/1945

External Links:

TWO KILLED IN AIR CRASH - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 17 April 1945 p 3 - 17 April 1945

TWO KILLED IN AÍR CRASH - Two airmen were Killed when their plane crashed near a northern R.A.A.F. station during training exercises. The victims wêre P./O. Douglas Godfrey Forster (pilot of Kedron, Brisbane: and W./O. Thomas Louis Bubke (navigator), of Maryborough(Q).

AIRMEN KILLED IN CRASH - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Tuesday 17 April 1945 p 1

2 QUEENSLAND AIRMEN KILLED - Queensland Times (Ipswich) (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Tuesday 17 April 1945 p 1

FATAL CRASH. Two R.A.A.F. Men Killed - The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Tuesday 17 April 1945 p 4

Family Notices - The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Thursday 21 June 1945 p 8

FORSTER.— At Women's Intermediate Hospital, 13th June, to Phyllis (nee Fielder), Widow of F./O. Douglas Forster, R.A.A.F. — a Daughter (Robyn Elizabeth).

Family Notices - The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Wednesday 10 April 1946 p 10

FORSTER. - In loving memory of my darling Husband & my Daddy, Flying Officer Douglas Godfrey Vincent Forster, R.A.A.F., who lost his life, aircraft accident, April 10th, 1945. A tribute also to his navigator, W.O. Thomas Bubke, who paid supreme sacrifice same day. Phyl & Robyn.

World War Two Nominal Roll website - Douglas Godfrey Vincent Forster

Australian War Memorial - Roll of Honour: Douglas Godfrey Vincent Forster

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