Fred Phillip Bromley (24 July 1917 – 14 May 1988) was a

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and member of the

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. Bromley was born at Carrington,BROMLEY, FREDERICK PHILLIP
– World War Two Nominal Roll. Retrieved 2 November 2015. a small suburb of

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, England, to Thomas Llewelyn Bromley and his wife Amanda (née Hopkins) and arrived in

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in 1919. After attending Toowong State School he went on to study to be a dental technician at Brisbane Technical College. In World War II, he joined the

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and served in the 2/1 Dental Unit until his discharge in February 1945.

Political career

Representing the ALP, Bromley won the seat of

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. at the

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, taking over the seat from fellow Labor member, William Baxter who had moved to the neighbouring seat of

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. He remained as member for Norman until 1972 when the seat was abolished and move to the seat of

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. His time there was short lived as he lost the seat when the Labor Party was reduced to just eleven members in

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Personal life

On 17 December 1941, Bromley married Beryl Lillian Williams and together had one daughter. Bromley died in Brisbane in 1988.

References

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