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Town of Claremont Museum > Records

DRAKE-BROCKMAN, ALFRED H. CR.

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1915 - 1921

Overview

2 x B/W bust portrait photographic prints of AH Drake-Brockman. a) Image shows a mature man, with short grey hair and a receding hairline. He is wearing round rimless spectacles, a mid toned suit jacket and waistcoat, over a vest, soft tie and white wing collar. Printed beneath [DRAKE - BROCKMAN 1915-19]. b) Image shows a more contemplative view with the right side of the man in shadow. He is wearing a herringbone (tweed?) suit with matching waistcoat, soft tie and stiff collar. He is wearing spectacles, they have a cord attached. Printed beneath [DRAKE-BROCKMAN 1920-21].

Historical information

Alfred Howden Drake-Brockman was a pastoralist.

He married Eleanor Jessica Boddington (1870-1918) in Marble Bar in 1901. Children: John Birdwood (b.1908) and Beatrice Eleanor 'Betty' (b.1911)

Married his second wife Alice Gertrude Griffith in 1919.
Children Judith Mary (b.1920), Francis Richard 'Dick' (b.1923) and Allison June (b.1925).

Alfred was a Claremont Councillor from 1916-1921.

The family lived at 46 Victora Avenue which was known as Ivanhoe.

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cwa-org-28--14-66-a,b

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