condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Brian Gilbert Shearer

-
Lay a poppy
Portrait, The Weekly News; 12 July 1944 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, The Weekly News; 12 July 1944 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Brian Gilbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Shearer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ4215134 AWMM
    • WWII 4215134 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    13 March 1922 RNZAF Biographies (R17845615) Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui RNZAF Biographies (R17845615)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Miss E.J. Shearer (sister), 252 Sutherland Road, Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Sister: Miss E. J. Shearer. 252 Sutherland Road, Lyall Bay, Wellington AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Pilot/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845615)
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›
  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Brian Shearer was the son of Arthur James Shearer and Jessie Ellen Shearer.

    Reported missing in the Evening Post, 10 May 1944.

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.

    Attended Palmerston North Boys High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845615)) AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    8 May 1944 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name
    Bourail Memorial, Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia AWMM

Roll of Honour

Remember Brian Gilbert Shearer by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Brian Gilbert Shearer

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
14 August 2015Owen GaryNew ZealandOther Relative

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.