Charles Hawker
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The Honourable Charles Hawker |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Wakefield |
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In office 12 October 1929 – 25 October 1938 |
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| Preceded by | Maurice Collins |
| Succeeded by | Sydney McHugh |
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| Born |
16 May 1894 Clare, South Australia |
| Died | 25 October 1938 (aged 44) Mount Dandenong, Victoria |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party |
Nationalist (1929–31) UAP (1931–38) |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Occupation | Soldier |
Charles Allan Seymour Hawker (16 May 1894 – 25 October 1938) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for Wakefield from 1929 until his accidental death in 1938, representing the Nationalist Party (1929-1931) and its successor the United Australia Party (1931-1938). He was Minister for Repatriation and Minister for Markets (later Commerce) in the Lyons government from 1931 to 1932.
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, Hawker 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.
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