Major General Edmund Alfred Drake-Brockman

Service number V47245
Ranks Held Brigadier General, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Brigadier General
Birth Date 21/02/1884
Birth Place Australia: Western Australia, Busselton
Death Date 01/06/1949
Death Place Australia: Victoria
Final Rank Major General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 11th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 16th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 4th Australian Division
  • 4th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • Unattached List
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 21/02/1884 Busselton, Victoria
Date promoted 25/11/1903 Promoted to Lieutenant.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 25/05/1903 Commissioned in the militia's 11 Infantry.
Date promoted 09/07/1906 Promoted to Captain.
Other 1907-05-27 - 1911-04-30 Aide de Camp to the Governor of Western Australia.
Dates studied 1908 - 1909 Attended a training course at the Staff College in Quetta, India.
Date promoted 28/08/1911 Promoted to Major.
Other units 01/07/1912 Transferred to the 88th Infantry.
Other 01/07/1913 Transferred to the unattached list.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 25/08/1914 Appointed to the 11th Battalion, AIF as a Major.
Date of enlistment 30/09/1914
Date of embarkation 02/11/1914
Date of honour or award 1915 Made a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) for his services at Gallipoli.
Other 10/1915 Invalided home to Australia.
Date wounded 15/07/1915 Seriously wounded at Gallipoli and evacuated to Malta.
Other 25/04/1915 Participated in the landing at Gallipoli.
Other 04/1916 Returned to Egypt.
Date promoted 11/05/1916 Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and given command of the 16th Battaion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 10/10/1916
Date of embarkation 01/04/1916
Date of honour or award 1917 Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his services in command of the 16th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 01/03/1917
Other units 09/10/1917 Appointed to command the 4th Training Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/09/1917
Other units 07/11/1917 Took over command of the 12th Training Battalion after the 4th Training Battalion was disbanded.
Date promoted 03/06/1918 Breveted as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 12/08/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 05/05/1918
Date promoted 05/10/1918 Promoted to Colonel and temporary Brigadier General and took over command of the 4th Brigade.
Other units 02/1918 Resumed command of the 16th Battalion
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date returned to Australia 20/06/1919
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/01/1919
Date of honour or award 06/1919 Made a Companion of the Bath (CB).
Date promoted 16/01/1920 Became a full Colonel and honorary Brigadier General.
Other units 1921-04-01 - 1926-05-30 Commanded the 4th Infantry Brigade.
Other 1931-04-01 - 1935-06-30 Aide de Camp to the Governor General.
Date promoted 01/06/1937 Promoted to Brigadier and took command of the 3rd Division.
Date promoted 01/07/1937 Promoted to Major General. He was only the fourth militia officer to be promoted to Major General in the decade before the Second World War.
Other 07/01/1942 Retired from the Army.
Date of death 01/06/1949 Tarnook, Victoria