Charles Hawker
Minister for Repatriation | |
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In office 6 January 1932 – 12 April 1932 | |
Prime Minister | Joseph Lyons |
Preceded by | John McNeill |
Succeeded by | Charles Marr |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Wakefield | |
In office 12 October 1929 – 25 October 1938 | |
Preceded by | Maurice Collins |
Succeeded by | Sydney McHugh |
Personal details | |
Born | Nationalist (1929–31) UAP (1931–38) | 16 May 1894
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Soldier |
Charles Allan Seymour Hawker (16 May 1894 – 25 October 1938) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the
Early life and war service
Hawker was born at Bungaree homestead, near Clare, South Australia. He was the second son of Michael Seymour Hawker, manager of the Hawker family stations, and his wife Elizabeth Begg, née McFarlane, and grandson of George Charles Hawker. Hawker was educated at Geelong Grammar School, and Trinity College, Cambridge, earning Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in 1919 and 1922, respectively.
While studying at Cambridge, he enlisted for service in World War I on 11 August 1914, and was commissioned as a temporary lieutenant in the 6th (Service) Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry on 1 August 1915. He saw action on the Western Front in the Ypres salient, and was injured on 11 August and again in the Battle of Loos on 25 September, resulting in the loss of his eye. Despite his injuries, Hawker returned to the front with the rank of captain in May 1917. Hawker was severely wounded again on 4 October 1917 in the Battle of Broodseinde, and was paralysed from the waist down. However, after a series of operations and rehabilitation, he was able to walk with two sticks, although his legs remained in surgical irons for the rest of his life.[1][2]
Hawker returned to South Australia in 1920, resumed his studies and became involved in family agricultural holdings. He became increasingly interested in trade as well as in political movements. Hawker joined the state council of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia in 1921 and served as its vice-president. He was president of the Liberal Federation from 1927 to 1930, and was the South Australian member of the Commonwealth Board of Trade from 1928.[3][2]
Political career
In 1929 was elected as a member of the
Hawker travelled extensively, researching issues of trade and farming, and he published his research in pamphlets and treatises and gave lectures on issues of agriculture and pastoral work.[4]
He was an enthusiastic book collector and added to a library of volumes inherited from his father.[5]
Death and legacy
Hawker died in the
References
- The Areas' Express. Vol. XLIX, no. 2975. South Australia. 19 February 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 26 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "MR. C. A. S. HAWKER". Burra Record. Vol. 50, no. 39. South Australia. 2 October 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 26 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Agriculture in Germany and Russia', Border Watch, Saturday 29 February 1936 [1]
- ISBN 9780646533407.
- ^ "The crash of Kyeema" (PDF). Civil Aviation Safety Authority. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
- ^ "Memorial Service to the Late C.A.S. Hawker, M.H.R." The Northern Argus. Vol. LXIV, no. 3, 725. Clare, South Australia. 4 November 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 26 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Mr. Edward Hawker, Great S.A. Pioneer". Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954). 28 September 1940. p. 21. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "About the Scholarship". Charles Allan Seymour Hawker Scholarship. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ Hawker, David (16 November 2004). "Address to the House of Representatives: [opening of 41st Parliament]". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "The Hon David Hawker MP". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 26 October 2016.