"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]

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