William Bruce SHEARER

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SHEARER, William Bruce

Service Number:	404994
Enlisted:	5 January 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	3 Embarkation Depot (Sandgate)
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 2 May 1922
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk, E. S. & A. Bank
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 31 May 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Plot 9, Row A, Grave 12,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

5 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 404994, Brisbane, Queensland
5 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404994
31 May 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404994, 3 Embarkation Depot (Sandgate), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John and Dora Jane Shearer, Nephew of Bruce Shearer.

Plane was Wellington 11 Z8643 which crashed near Dorsten, Germany. A surviving member of the crew stated that just after crossing the Holland coast the starboard engine caught fire and spread to the wing. William was the only crew member not to survive the other members had baled out and were taken Prisoner of War

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