[1] He was raised in the Latrobe Valley, with both parents highly active in the Salvation Army, and his father a Corps Sergeant Major.

The platoon he worked on at Frankston Fire Station was once known as 'deadly D shift' due to the amount of trauma they attended.

In 2009, he was awarded a Chief Officer's commendation for rescuing a victim from a house fire and resuscitating her with his platoon.

Edbrooke chaired the $63 million Frankston Transit Precinct Taskforce and currently chairs the same project's implementation governance board, which includes CEOs from South East Water, Peninsula Health, Chisholm TAFE and Monash University.

In January 2022, The Age reported that Edbrooke had saved the life of a seven-year-old drowning victim using cardiopulmonary resuscitation.