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Life Summary

Name	Edmund Alfred Drake-Brockman
Born	21 February, 1884 Busselton, Western Australia, Australia
Died	1 June, 1949 (aged 65) Tarnook, Victoria, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Moore, Julia Fay (niece) Barrett-Lennard, Amy (cousin) Barrett-Lennard, George Graham (cousin) Terry, Lennox Margrave (cousin) Hug, Archibald Angelo (business partner)
Education *	Guildford Grammar School (WA) (student, 1897-1901)
Occupation or Descriptor *	army officer (1903-1942) Federal, Australia barrister (1909-1927) Western Australia, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1919-1926) Federal, Australia Member of Upper House (1919-1926) Federal, Australia industrial arbitrator/conciliator (1927-1949) Federal, Australia judge (1927-1949) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (army officer) World War II (army officer) Battle of Bullecourt, 1917 (army officer) Battle of Mouquet Farm, 1916 (army officer) Battle of Pozieres, 1916 (army officer) Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 (army officer) Landing at Anzac Cove, 1915 (army officer) 11th Battalion (commander, 1915-1916) 16th Battalion (commander, 1916-1917) 4th Training Battalion (commander, 1917-1918) 16th Battalion (commander, 1918-1918) 4th Brigade (commander, 1918) 3rd (Militia) Division (commander, 1939-1942)
Awards	Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1915) Distinguished Service Order (recipient, 1917) Order of Prince Danilo (Montenegro) (recipient, 1917) Companion of the Order of the Bath (recipient, 1919)
Key Organisations *	Australian Employers' Federation (president, 1924) League of Nations Assembly (Australian representative, 1925-1925)
Workplaces *	Henning and Brockman (partner) James and Derbyshire (article clerk, 1905-1907) Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (judge, 1927)

* Dates are approximate