Allen Brown (public servant)

Sir
Allen Brown
CBE
Secretary of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction
In office
1 January 1949  24 August 1949
Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department
In office
25 August 1949  31 December 1958
Personal details
Born 3 July 1911
Died 2 August 1999 (aged 88)
Nationality Australia Australian
Spouse(s) Hilda (m. 1936; d. 1997)
Children Roger, Helen and Joan
Occupation Public servant

Sir Allen Stanley Brown CBE was a senior Australian Public Servant. He was Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department between August 1949 and December 1958.

Life and career

Allen Brown was born on 3 July 1911.[1]

In 1949, Brown served as Secretary of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction.[2]

Brown was Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department between August 1949 and December 1958.[3]

In 1965, Brown was appointed Australian Ambassador to Japan.[4]

Brown retired from the Commonwealth public service in 1971.[5]

Awards

Brown was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in January 1953.[6] He was named a Knight Bachelor in January 1956.[7]

Notes

  1. Farquharson 1999.
  2. CA 49: Department of Post-War Reconstruction, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 28 December 2013
  3. CA 12: Prime Minister's Department, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 23 March 2014
  4. "New envoy to Japan named". The Canberra Times. 4 February 1965. p. 1. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014.
  5. McMahon, William. "Retirement of Sir Allen Brown" (Press release). Archived from the original on 23 March 2014.
  6. Search Australian Honours: BROWN, Allen Stanley, Australian Government, archived from the original on 23 March 2013
  7. Search Australian Honours: BROWN, Allen Stanley, Australian Government, archived from the original on 23 March 2014

References

Government offices
Preceded by
H. C. Coombs
Secretary of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction
1949
Succeeded by
Finlay Crisp
Preceded by
Frank Strahan
Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department
1949 – 1959
Succeeded by
John Bunting
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Laurence McIntyre
Australian Ambassador to Japan
1965–1970
Succeeded by
Gordon Freeth