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SHEARER, Ralph Edmund
Personal Details
Service Number: | PA2512 |
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Enlisted: | 19 January 1942, Port Adelaide |
Last Rank: | Engine Room Artificer III |
Last Unit: | HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore) |
Born: | Cowandilla, South Australia, 9 June 1917 |
Home Town: | Brighton, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
Schooling: | Westbourne Park Public School |
Occupation: | Toolmaker |
Died: | Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 17 October 2004, aged 87 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 2 Service
19 Jan 1942: | Involvement PA2512, HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore) | |
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19 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Port Adelaide | |
19 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Chief Petty Officer, PA2512 | |
31 May 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Engine Room Artificer III, PA2512, HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore) |
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