Sir Laurence Charles Brodie-Hall (10 June 1910 – 1 October 2006) was an influential figure in the mining industry of Western Australia (WA).
Next he went to Kalgoorlie, took a shift job at the Kalgurli Ore Treatment Company's plant and began a part-time course at the WA School of Mines.
When World War II started he returned to WA and worked as plant superintendent on Claude de Bernales' Baileys Mine at Coolgardie.
When Japan entered the war in 1941 Brodie-Hall enlisted as a sapper in the Royal Australian Engineers.
[3] In 1948 WMC's managing director, (Sir) Lindesay Clark, offered him a job as junior mine geologist at Norseman.
He was chairman of Westerntech Innovations Corp and Energy Research Group, and a director of Coolgardie Gold NL and a number of non-listed enterprises.
He was appointed a Fellow of Curtin University for his service to tertiary education in Western Australia.
[5] Dorothy supported Brodie-Hall and their young family while he was studying geology at the Kalgoorlie School of mines.