Clive Brewster-Joske

Clive Brewster-Joske
Clive Alexander Brewster-Joske alias Clive Alexander Brewster Joske (later Clive Alexander Brewster)
Born October, 1896
Fiji
Died 1947
Allegiance Australia
Service/branch Aviation
Rank Group Captain
Unit No. 1 Squadron RFC, No. 46 Squadron RFC
Commands held Fiji Defence Force
Awards British Order of the British Empire and Military Cross, French Legion d'honneur, Norwegian Order of Saint Olav
Other work Prominent in civic life of Fiji between the World Wars

Captain (later Group Captain) Clive Alexander Brewster-Joske was born in Fiji, a British subject of Australian heritage. He became a flying ace during World War I and was credited with eight aerial victories. Upon his return to civil life postwar, he became a leading citizen of Fiji being entrusted by several foreign governments as their consular agent. He returned to service at the beginning of World War II, rising first to the rank of lieutenant colonel, then to that of group captain.

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Early life

Clive Alexander Brewster-Joske was born in Fiji in October 1896,[1] the son of Alexander Joske.[2] and Emily Undine Joske.[3] He was of Australian heritage, and was educated in Melbourne, Australia. He joined the British Army's 37th Division in September 1914.[4]

World War I

When he was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant on 15 June 1915, he was serving in the 55th Infantry Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force.[5] He went into combat as an infantry officer in July 1915. On 15 November 1915, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps[6] from the Motor Machine Gun Service.[7] He learned an observer's duties by performing them; he corrected artillery fire via a wireless transmitter, photographed enemy positions, and manned the observer's machine gun when attacked.[8] He was initially assigned to No. 1 Squadron for these observer's duties. After his first victory claim was not confirmed, he scored his first aerial success on 29 February 1916.[9]

On 18 June 1916, according to Flight magazine, he was selected to be a Flight Commander, with a concomitant promotion to temporary captain, implying that he was marked for leadership while still training as a pilot.[10]

However, according to The London Gazette, on 1 September 1916, Brewster-Joske was promoted to temporary lieutenant.[11] On 24 September 1916, he was selected as a flying officer from the General List, with seniority from 27 February 1916.[12]

When pilot's training was complete, he returned to combat, serving with No. 46 Squadron. He scored his second aerial victory on 2 June 1917, and would score the remainder of his victories with this squadron.[13] In late September 1917, he earned 46 Squadron's first decoration, a Military Cross.[14] The award citation said simply, "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in taking part in 29 air fights, in which he has destroyed seven hostile machines."[15]

He was withdrawn from combat duty in November 1917,[16] which would have scotched his position as temporary captain as he was no longer a Flight Commander. On 23 June 1918, he was again promoted to temporary captain to be employed as a Staff Officer,[17] serving until the armistice on 11 November 1918.

List of aerial victories

See also Aerial victory standards of World War I

Confirmed victories in the below list are numbered; unconfirmed victories are denoted "u/c"

No. Date/time Aircraft Foe Result Location Notes
u/c 2 January 1916 Vickers Gunbus Aviatik reconnaissance plane Passchendaele
1 29 February 1916 @ 1035 hours Morane Parasol serial number 5119 Aviatik reconnaissance plane Set afire; destroyed Passchendaele Brewster-Jorke's pilot on this sortie was R. A. Saunders; victory was shared with Frederick Powell
2 2 June 1917 @ 1800 hours Sopwith Pup s/n B1709 Albatros D.III Driven down out of control Houthulst
3 7 June 1917 @ 1030 hours Sopwith Pup s/n B1709 Albatros D.III Destroyed Wervicq-Comines
4 17 June 1917 @ 1930 hours Sopwith Pup s/n B1709 Albatros D.V Driven down out of control Lens
5 3 September 1917 @ 1030 hours Sopwtih Pup s/n B1716 Albatros D.V Destroyed Menen
6 4 September 1917 @ 0800 hours Sopwith Pup s/n A7335 Albatros D.V Driven down out of control East of Menen
7 16 September 1917 @ 1315 hours Sopwith Pup s/n A7335 Albatros D.III Driven down out of control Écourt-Saint-Quentin
8 22 September 1917 @ 1015 hours Sopwith Pup s/n A7335 Albatros D.III Destroyed North of Brebières Shared victory[18]

Post World War I

Brewster-Joske returned to Australia on the Makura in late 1918; his return was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald on 23 December 1918.[19] On 11 April 1919, Brewster-Joske was transferred to the unemployed list of the Royal Air Force, officially ending his original stint of military service.[20]

Brewster-Joske returned to Fiji. He became one of its leading citizens.[21] On 24 June 1920, his monarch approved of his service as Consul of Norway at Suva, with jurisdiction covering Fiji, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, the Solomon Islands, and "other islands within the jurisdiction of His Majesty's High Commissioner for the Western Pacific."[22]

In 1922, his father died in Suva, leaving his mother widowed.[23]

On 17 February 1932, Brewster-Joske was awarded the Legion of Honour by the President of the French Republic for his service as France's consul at Suva.[24]

He must have involved himself with local military affairs, as on 3 June 1935, Major Brewster-Joske of the Fiji Defence Force was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services.[25]

18 February 1936 Norway awarded him the Order of Saint Olav for his consular service on its behalf.[26] However, the honour was overshadowed by tragedy; on 14 March 1936 his mother died at her home at 6 Wentworth Road, Vaucluse, Australia.[27]

Brewster-Joske subsequently changed his surname via deed poll to Brewster on 18 November 1938. In the process, he was noted as "a natural born British subject".[28] As another war loomed in 1939, he took command of the local military, being granted the rank of lieutenant colonel. The next year, with World War II in full spate, he transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force as a Group Captain in Administration and Training.[29]

Clive Alexander Brewster-Joske died in 1947.[30]

References

  • Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920 Christopher F. Shores, Norman Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990. ISBN 0948817194, 9780948817199.
  • Sopwith Pup Aces of World War 1: Volume 67 of Osprey Aircraft of the Aces: Issue 67 of Aircraft of the Aces. Norman Franks. Osprey Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1841768863, 9781841768861.

Endnotes

  1. ^ Sopwith Pup Aces, p. 54.
  2. ^ (The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 December 1918, p. 7.) http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15817023?searchTerm=Clive%20Alexander%20Brewster-Joske&searchLimits=l-textSearchScope=*ignore*%7C*ignore*%7C%7C%7CexactPhrase%7C%7C%7Cl-word=*ignore*%7C*ignore*%7C%7C%7Cfromyyyy=1918%7C%7C%7CnotWords%7C%7C%7CanyWords%7C%7C%7Ctomm=01%7C%7C%7Ctoyyyy=1948%7C%7C%7Ctodd=01%7C%7C%7Cfrommm=11%7C%7C%7Cfromdd=11%7C%7C%7Csortby=dateAsc Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  3. ^ (The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 1936, p. 10) http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17317401?searchTerm=Clive%20Alexander%20Brewster-Joske&searchLimits=l-textSearchScope=*ignore*%7C*ignore*%7C%7C%7CexactPhrase%7C%7C%7Cl-word=*ignore*%7C*ignore*%7C%7C%7Cfromyyyy=1918%7C%7C%7CnotWords%7C%7C%7CanyWords%7C%7C%7Ctomm=01%7C%7C%7Ctoyyyy=1948%7C%7C%7Ctodd=01%7C%7C%7Cfrommm=11%7C%7C%7Cfromdd=11%7C%7C%7Csortby=dateAsc Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  4. ^ Sopwith Pup Aces, p. 54.
  5. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 8 July 1915, p. 6684. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29223/supplements/6684 Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  6. ^ Above the Trenches, p. 86.
  7. ^ Flight, 23 March 1916, p. 237 http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1916/1916%20-%200237.html Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  8. ^ The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 December 1918, p. 7.) http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15817023?searchTerm=Clive%20Alexander%20Brewster-Joske&searchLimits=l-textSearchScope=*ignore*%7C*ignore*%7C%7C%7CexactPhrase%7C%7C%7Cl-word=*ignore*%7C*ignore*%7C%7C%7Cfromyyyy=1918%7C%7C%7CnotWords%7C%7C%7CanyWords%7C%7C%7Ctomm=01%7C%7C%7Ctoyyyy=1948%7C%7C%7Ctodd=01%7C%7C%7Cfrommm=11%7C%7C%7Cfromdd=11%7C%7C%7Csortby=dateAsc Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  9. ^ Above the Trenches, p. 86.
  10. ^ Aviation, 27 September 1917, p. 1007 http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1917/1917%20-%201007.html Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  11. ^ (Supplement to the London Gazette, 30 October 1916, p. 10517.) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29807/supplements/10517 Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  12. ^ Aviation, 26 October 1916, p. 920 http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1916/1916%20-%200924.html Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  13. ^ Above the Trenches, p. 86.
  14. ^ Above the Trenches, p. 86.
  15. ^ Aviation, 28 March 1918, p. 331. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1918/1918%20-%200335.html Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  16. ^ Above the Trenches, p. 86.
  17. ^ (The London Gazette, 19 July 1918, p. 8504.) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30803/pages/8504 Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  18. ^ Above the Trenches]], p. 86.
  19. ^ (The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 December 1918, p. 7.) http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15817023?searchTerm=Clive%20Alexander%20Brewster-Joske&searchLimits=l-textSearchScope=*ignore*%7C*ignore*%7C%7C%7CexactPhrase%7C%7C%7Cl-word=*ignore*%7C*ignore*%7C%7C%7Cfromyyyy=1918%7C%7C%7CnotWords%7C%7C%7CanyWords%7C%7C%7Ctomm=01%7C%7C%7Ctoyyyy=1948%7C%7C%7Ctodd=01%7C%7C%7Cfrommm=11%7C%7C%7Cfromdd=11%7C%7C%7Csortby=dateAsc Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  20. ^ (The London Gazette, 9 January 1920, p. 336.) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31724/pages/336 Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  21. ^ Above the Trenches, p. 86.
  22. ^ (The London Gazette, 2 July 1920, p. 7121.) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31962/pages/7121 Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  23. ^ (The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 September 1922, p. 8) http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16024581?searchTerm=Clive%20Alexander%20Brewster-Joske&searchLimits=l-textSearchScope=*ignore*%7C*ignore*%7C%7C%7CexactPhrase%7C%7C%7Cl-word=*ignore*%7C*ignore*%7C%7C%7Cfromyyyy=1918%7C%7C%7CnotWords%7C%7C%7CanyWords%7C%7C%7Ctomm=01%7C%7C%7Ctoyyyy=1948%7C%7C%7Ctodd=01%7C%7C%7Cfrommm=11%7C%7C%7Cfromdd=11%7C%7C%7Csortby=dateAsc Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  24. ^ (The London Gazette, 26 February 1932, p. 1293.) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33802/pages/1293 Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  25. ^ (Supplement to the London Gazette, 3 June 1935, pp. 3601-3601.) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34166/supplements/3601; http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34166/supplements/3602 Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  26. ^ (The London Gazette, 18 February 1936, p. 1056.) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34256/pages/1056 Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  27. ^ (The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 1936, p. 10) http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17317401?searchTerm=Clive%20Alexander%20Brewster-Joske&searchLimits=l-textSearchScope=*ignore*%7C*ignore*%7C%7C%7CexactPhrase%7C%7C%7Cl-word=*ignore*%7C*ignore*%7C%7C%7Cfromyyyy=1918%7C%7C%7CnotWords%7C%7C%7CanyWords%7C%7C%7Ctomm=01%7C%7C%7Ctoyyyy=1948%7C%7C%7Ctodd=01%7C%7C%7Cfrommm=11%7C%7C%7Cfromdd=11%7C%7C%7Csortby=dateAsc Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  28. ^ (The London Gazette, 25 November1938, p. 7495.) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34574/pages/7495 Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  29. ^ Above the Trenches, p. 86.
  30. ^ Above the Trenches, p. 86.
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