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On June 12, 1917, Robert enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age of 21 to serve in World War One, while maintaining a British citizenship. He was honorably discharged on May 15, 1919.
==OccupationCareer==
When Robert registered for the WWI draft in 1917 he was employed as a Conductor for the Detroit United Railway (D.U.R.) primarily serving the Detroit & Highland Park Railways, as a streetcar system. D.U.R., altogether, operated more than 400 miles of interurban lines and 187 miles of street city railway lines. Robert continued this as a career into the 1930's, becoming a bus driver by 1940.
==Marriage==
Robert married [[Elizabeth Anne Houghton Sherrard|Elizabeth Anne Houghton]] in Highland Park, Michigan on Sept. 22, 1920 when he was 24 years old, and Elizabeth was 28. Elizabeth was born on Oct. 3, 1891 in Cloonboygher, Leitrim, Ireland. Click on Elizabeth's profile to see her obit obits from Words in Season, as well as Truth & Tidings.
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