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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"Rob" Robert Donald SHEARER

Born 27 February 1912 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [16] [28]
Son of bonded storekeeper James SHEARER and Isabella DONALD [28]
He was born at 3:10 in the afternoon at 44 Hill Street in Glasgow [28]
When the 1921 census was taken he was with living his mother and sister Marion at 35 Hill Street in Glasgow [20]
By 1937 he had immigrated to Western Australia and was working for the Midland Railway Company [19] [50]
Railway Fettler in Three Springs 1937-1938 [19] [50]
     Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1937 [5: 14-May-1937, 11-Jun-1937]
Labourer in Yandanooka in 1939 [50]
Railway Repairer in Winchester in 1940 and 1941 [6] [16] [19] [0: image 04119]
     Member of the Winchester Tennis Club in 1940 [0: images 03885, 03967]
Resided in Winchester until enlisting in the Australian Army on 9 April 1941[16]
     Private WX11649 in the Australian Army's 2/11 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
     His next of kin during his time in the Army was Isobella HENRY [16]
     Discharged from the Australian Army on 18 December 1945 [16]
Married Agnes Carson Clelland PATERSON in 1950 [66]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Armadale [2]
Died 27 May 2007; ashes scattered Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Lakes C, Rose Memorial, BP 33, 37) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Robert Donald Shearer' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/robert-donald-shearer [reference list]




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