Person

Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey (1885 - 1977)

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Born
2 November 1885
Guildford, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died
27 December 1977
Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Army officer and Civil engineer

Summary

Geoffrey Drake-Brockman was Assistant director of the Public Works Department, Western Australia, and Chairman of the Western Australian Transport Board. Earlier in his career he surveyed the route of the railway line from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta, and was Commissioner and later Engineer for the North West, for the Western Australian government.

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Chronology

1903 - 1908
Career position - Cadet, Engineering branch, Public Works Department Western Australia
1908 - c. 1914
Career position - Seconded to the Commonwealth, to map a rail route from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta
1914 - 1920
Military service - First World War. Major, Australian Imperial Forces
1917
Award - Military Cross - Engineers
1919
Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1920 - 1921
Career position - Officer, Forests Department, Western Australia [sent to China to investigate marketing sandalwood]
1921 - 1926
Career position - Commissioner for the Department of the North-West, Western Australia
1926 - 1941
Career position - Engineer for the North-West, Public Works Department Western Australia
1935
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1940
Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia
1941 - 1944
Military service - Second World War. Brigadier, Australian Army Headquarters, Melbourne
1946 - 1949
Career position - Assistant director, Public Works Department, Western Australia
1949 - 1952
Career position - Chairman, Western Australian transport Board

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Published resources

Books

  • Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey, The turning wheel (Perth: Paterson Brokensha, 1960), 317 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Cowan, Peter, 'Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey (1885-1977), civil engineer and army officer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 34-35. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140035b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Drake-Brockman, G., 'Chairman's address', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (1937), 446-. Details
  • Drake-Brockman, G., 'Presidential address', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 13 (1941), 81-. Details

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See also

Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes

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