Born 26 January 1915 in Dongara, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Ted" / "Edward" Edmund SHEAHAN and Esther O'HARA [P2]
Resided with his parents on farmland on the Dudawa Estate in Dudawa, East Arrino and later in the Three Springs townsite [P2]
Resided in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Army on 18 October 1941 [16]
Private W42703 in the Australian Army's 13 Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 5 March 1942 [16]
In 1943 he was working as a Bread Carter and living at 120 Douglas Avenue in the Perth suburb of South Perth [50]
Married Dorothy Rhoda FAIRCLOUGH in Perth in 1943 [66]
Mechanic while living on Short Street and later Johnson Road in the Perth suburb of Canning Vale 1949-1954 [50]
In 1954 he and his wife lived on Shenton Road in Mingenew, at which time he was a Vermin Inspector [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Rivervale [2]
Died 2 August 1984; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery in the Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Joseph Edward Sheahan' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/joseph-edward-sheahan [reference list] |
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