MAJGEN Sen
Edmund
Alfred
Drake-Brockman
CB CMG DSO
Born in Busselton, Western Australia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Enid Vernon (Brockman) Fergusson Stewart, Frederica Vernon (Brockman) Hutchison, Geoffrey Drake-Brockman MC, Deborah Vernon (Drake-Brockman) Murphy, Frederick Allan Slade Drake-Brockman and Karl Edgar Drake-Brockman
Husband of
Constance (Andrews) Drake-Brockman
— married
9 Apr 1912 in Presbyterian Church, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Father of
Constance Mary (Drake-Brockman) Gebhardt, Althaea (Drake-Brockman) McTaggart and Edmund Ralph Drake-Brockman
Died
at age 65
in Tarnook, Victoria, Australia
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Biography
Edmund Drake-Brockman CB CMG DSO is Notable.
Edmund Drake-Brockman CB CMG DSO is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Edmund Alfred Drake-Brockman was born on 21st February 1884 at Busselton, Western Australia (Australia). He was a son of surveyor, Frederick Brockman, and Grace Bussel.[1] He was the uncle of Western Australian-born General Sir John Hackett of the British Army.
He joined the Citizens Military Forces in 1903, combining this service with legal studies and then a career in law; becoming a barrister and solicitor in 1909, practicing in Perth.
He married Constance Andrews on 9th April 1912 in Melbourne, Victoria.[2] In addition to his son, Edmund, he had two daughters, Mary and Althaea.
MAJGEN Sen Edmund Drake-Brockman CB CMG DSO was Wounded in Action at Gallipoli during The Great War.
Edmund served in the Australian Imperial Force during The Great War; enlisting on 30th September 1914.[3] He served as a Major with the 11th Battalion at Gallipoli and was wounded in action in June 1915 with a bullet wound to the heart. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for his services at Gallipoli. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, he was appointed commanding officer of the 16th Australian Infantry Battalion on the Western Front. He was promoted further to Brigadier General in 1918, commanding the 4th Brigade. Military commitments concluded, he returned to Australia on 20th June 1919.
Upon returning from the war, Edmund nominated and was elected to the Australian Senate, representing Western Australia from 1920 to 1926 while also practicing law in Melbourne.
In 1927 he was appointed as a Judge of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court.
Still in the Citizen Military Services, he was called up for full-time duty during the Second World War, and commanded the 3rd Division, a militia formation, until 1942.
In 1947 he became Chief Judge of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court in Melbourne.
Edmund Drake-Brockman passed away on 1st June 1949 at Tarnok, Victoria.[4] He was survived by his wife and three children.
Links
Western Australia Links:
RSLWA Home. | | State War Memorial | and Cenotaph in King's Park
Visit : RSL Virtual Warmemorial | RSL Virtual : E A Drake-Brockman
- 12 March 1918 | 16th Battalion E01750 photo tree
Sources
- ↑ Western Australia Birth Index #
- ↑ Victoria Marriage Index #4902/1912
- ↑ Australian War Memorial Nominal Roll for Brigadier General Edmund Alfred Drake-Brockman; https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2287413
- ↑ Victoria Death Index #17998/1949
- Ref: Biographical Dictionary of The Australian Senate. http://biography.senate.gov.au/edmund-alfred-drake-brockman/
- Ref: Obituary - The Daily News 2/6/1949.
- Sharp, Ian G. Drake-Brockman, Edmund Alfred (1884–1949), Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 16 May 2018.
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