Giles Chippindall
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| Secretary of the Department of Supply and Shipping | |
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| Born | Giles Tatlock Chippindall Script error: No such module "person date". Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". East Melbourne, Victoria |
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Sir Giles Tatlock Chippindall CBE (21 May 1893 – 20 December 1969) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of Supply and Shipping between 1945 and 1946 and Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department between 1949 and 1958.
Life and career
Giles Chippindall was born in Carlton, Melbourne on 21 May 1893.[1] He was educated at state schools in Victoria and Prahran College.[2]
Chippindall joined the Australian Public Service in 1908 as a telegraph messenger in the Postmaster-General's Department.[1]
During World War II, he served in a multitude of roles to progress the war-effort,[2] including as Secretary of the Department of Supply and Shipping between 1945 and 1946.[3]
He was appointed Director-General of the Postmaster General's Department in 1949, serving in the role until his retirement in May 1958.[4] In retirement he was Chairman of the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (1961–62) and Australian National Airlines Commission (1959-66).[1]
Awards and honours
Chippindall was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 1950 while Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs in Western Australia.[5] In January 1955, he was honoured as a Knight Bachelor.[6]
His portrait, painted by Lucy Lee, was an Archibald Prize finalist in 1955.[7]
In 1987, a street in the Canberra suburb of Theodore was named Chippindall Circuit in Giles Chippindall's honour.[8]
References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Carnell, Ian (1993), "Chippindall, Sir Giles Tatlock (1893–1969)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, archived from the original on 7 May 2014
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.CP 126: Sir Giles Tatlock CHIPPINDALL CBE, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 7 May 2014
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.CA 47: Department of Supply and Shipping, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 14 March 2020, retrieved 7 May 2014
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.CA 9: Postmaster-General's Department, Central Administration, National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 11 March 2020, retrieved 7 May 2014
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Search Australian Honours: CHIPPINDALL, Giles Tatlock", itsanhonour.gov.au, Australian Government, archived from the original on 7 May 2014
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Search Australian Honours: CHIPPINDALL, Giles Tatlock", itsanhonour.gov.au, Australian Government, archived from the original on 7 May 2014
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Prizes Archibald Prize 1955- Lucy Lee: Sir Giles Chippindall, C.B.E., Art Gallery New South Wales, archived from the original on 7 May 2014
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chippindall Circuit, ACT Government Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate, archived from the original on 7 May 2014
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