Ensign in the British Army's 63rd Regiment. Spent four years in the Colony exploring and surveying and clearing roads in the Colony. Pioneered the road to York in 1831, linking Perth to the Avon district. Granted Swan Location 10 'Oakover' which was sold to S Moore in 1833. Selected 2,560 acres at York and also had land at Helena. Promoted to Lieutenant and went to Albany in 1832. He chose to return to England in October 1833 rather than follow the 63rd Regiment to India. He resigned his position and worked with his family in Liverpool in the timber trade. Mount Dale and the Dale River in Western Australia is named after him. Robert died unmarried at Bath, England in 1856.