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Life Summary

Name	Sir Wilfred Deakin Brookes
Born	17 April, 1906 South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	1 August, 1997 (aged 91) Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Brookes, May (aunt) Brookes, Percy Campion (uncle) Brookes, Dorothy Clare (aunt by marriage) Brookes, Mabel Balcombe (aunt by marriage)
Education *	Melbourne Grammar School (student, 1914-1923) University of Melbourne (student, 1925) Manchester Municipal College of Technology (UK) (student, 1927-1928)
Occupation or Descriptor *	paper manufacturer (1928-1978) Victoria, Australia air force officer (1939-1945) Federal, Australia company director (1945-1978) Victoria, Australia mining industry leader/promoter (1950-1983) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (air force officer)
Awards	Distinguished Service Order (recipient, 1945) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1972) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1979)
Key Organisations *	Electrolytic Refining, and Smelting Co of Australia (company director, ?-1978) Electrolytic Refining, and Smelting Co of Australia (chair, ?-1978) North Broken Hill Ltd (board member, ?-1978) Central Victoria Dredging (company director, 1947-1978) Western Mining Corporation Ltd (company director, 1947-1978) Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society (company director, 1955-1978) Broken Hill South Mine (NSW) (company director, 1956-1980) Edward Wilson Trust (trustee, 1960-1986) New Coolgardie Gold Mines (company director, 1960-1978) Alcoa of Australia Ltd (company director, 1961-1983) Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society (chair, 1965-1978) Institute of Public Affairs (president, 1971-1981) Deakin University Foundation (chair, 1978)
Political Activism *	Liberal Party (Vic) (trustee)
Workplaces *	Australasian Paper and Pulp Co Ltd (employee, 1924-1978) Australasian Paper and Pulp Co Ltd (board member, 1945-1978) Australasian Paper and Pulp Co Ltd (board chair, 1952-1978)

* Dates are approximate