Mr
William
Edward
(Edward)
Brooker
Born in Hendon, Barnet, London, England, United Kingdom
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Lydia Grace Minnie (Wilson) Brooker
— married
1919 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Father of
[private daughter (1920s - unknown)]
Died
at age 57
in Montrose, Tasmania, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Dec 2020
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Biography
Edward Brooker is Notable.
William was born in 1891.
He was a member of the Territorial Force, and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Gallipoli, Thessaloniki and Palestine during World War I.[1]
William's marriage to Lydia G M Wilson was registered in the Jul-Aug-Sep quarter of 1919 in the Bethnal Green district.[2]
They migrated to Tasmania, Australia via Melbourne on the Orsova in 1921 with a baby.[1]
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the state parlaiment seat of Franklin in 1931. HE was successful (for the Australian Labor Party) in 1934, and remained in that seat until his death in 1948. He became premier on 18 December 1947, but resigned on 24 February 1948.[1]
He passed away on 18 June 1948 of acute pulmonary oedema.[1]
He was buried at Cornelian Bay cemetery.[3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 R. P. Davis, 'Brooker, William Edward (1891–1948)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/brooker-william-edward-9590/text16903, published first in hardcopy 1993, accessed online 1 July 2023.
- ↑
Marriage Registration:
"England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005"
General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 1c; Page: 297
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record ONSmarriage1984 #65638554 (accessed 4 March 2023)
William E Brooker marriage to Lydia G M Wilson registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1919 in Bethnal Green. - ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172581993/william-edward-brooker: accessed 17 May 2023), memorial page for William Edward Brooker (4 Jan 1891-18 Jun 1948), Find A Grave: Memorial #172581993, citing Cornelian Bay Cemetery And Crematorium, Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia; Maintained by letemrip (contributor 49084452).
- Wikipedia: Edward Brooker and family information.
- Wikidata: Item Q3048465, en:Wikipedia
- FamilySearch Person: L5T7-N2T.
- "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:262W-T2H: 13 December 2014), Lydia G M Wilson and null, 1919; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com: 2012); citing 1919, quarter 3, vol. 1C, p. 297, Bethnal Green, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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