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- Q12789723 description "Australian civil engineer".
- Q12789723 description "Australian civil engineer".
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- Q12789723 abstract "Brigadier Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (1885–1977) was a Western Australian civil engineer, and an Australian Army officer in both World Wars.In 1908 he was involved in mapping the route for the railway-line from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia to Port Augusta, South Australia. In 1921 he was appointed commissioner of the Department of the North-West (of Western Australia) based in Broome; as commissioner he recommended a survey of agricultural land at the Ord River, the planting of cotton and the development of the Kimberley region. In 1946 he was appointed assistant-director of public works, and in 1949 chairman of the Western Australian Transport Board, retiring in 1952.As a soldier, in World War I he was awarded the Military Cross, and commanded the 9th Field Company in 1917-18. In World War II he was posted to Army Headquarters, Melbourne; as colonel, then brigadier, he occupied senior engineering staff posts.In retirement, he wrote an autobiography, The Turning Wheel (1960).".
- Q12789723 birthDate "1885".
- Q12789723 birthYear "1885".
- Q12789723 deathDate "1977".
- Q12789723 deathYear "1977".
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- Q12789723 dateOfBirth "1885".
- Q12789723 dateOfDeath "1977".
- Q12789723 name "Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey".
- Q12789723 shortDescription "Australian civil engineer".
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- Q12789723 comment "Brigadier Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (1885–1977) was a Western Australian civil engineer, and an Australian Army officer in both World Wars.In 1908 he was involved in mapping the route for the railway-line from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia to Port Augusta, South Australia.".
- Q12789723 label "Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (engineer)".
- Q12789723 givenName "Geoffrey".
- Q12789723 name "Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey".
- Q12789723 name "Geoffrey Drake-Brockman".
- Q12789723 surname "Drake-Brockman".