Thomas Kingston Critchley
Thomas Kingston Critchley CBE AO (born January 27, 1916 in Lahir de Melbourn , † July 14, 2009 in Sydney ) was an Australian diplomat.
Life
Tom Critchley was the son of Elizabeth "Glad" Kingston and George Critchley. After completing his training, he was Assistant Economic Adviser in the Department of War Organization on Industry from 1943 to 1944 and then headed the research department of the Far East Office of the British Information Ministry in New Delhi until 1946 and then the Economic Relations Department of the Department of External Affairs in Canberra until 1947 .
In 1949 he replaced Justice Kirby as the representative of the Australian government at the United Nations Committee for Indonesia (UNCI, United Nations Security Council Resolution 67 ). From 1951 to 1952 Malaya was the executive Australian Commissioner and was then appointed to the United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea as representative of the Australian government until 1954 .
In 1954, Critchley took over the Pacific and Americas division of the Department of External Affairs in Canberra and was appointed commissioner of the Federation of Malaya a year later. After serving as High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur from 1957 to 1965 , he was employed as Senior External Affairs Representative of the Australian High Commission in London from 1966 to 1969.
Other stages in his career were his appointment as Ambassador to Bangkok (1969–1974), as High Commissioner of Papua New Guinea (1974–1975), as High Commissioner of the Commonwealth in Port Moresby (1975–1978) and finally as Ambassador Jakarta (1978–1975) 1981).
In 1981, Critchley was retired.
Honors
- 1964: Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1976: Officer of the Order of Australia
Fonts
- with Sydney James Butlin, Robert Barrie McMillan, Arthur Harold Tange: Australia foots the bill. War finance 1939-41. Angus and Robertson, Sydney 1941.
- Australia and New Zealand. Oxford University Press, Bombay / New York 1947 ( Oxford pamphlets on Indian affairs. No. 40).
literature
- Michael Wilson: Interview with TK Critchley, Australian diplomat. Audio book. Sydney 1993, OCLC 221675326 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ TONY STEPHENS, in The Age , THOMAS KINGSTON CRITCHLEY, DIPLOMAT, 27-1-1916 - 14-7-2009
- ↑ Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX, Takhta untuk rakyat: celah-celah kehidupan , p. 384
- ↑ foreignminister.gov.au, Media Release, August 24, 2009, TK (Tom) Critchley AO CBE
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Massey | Managing Australian High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur 1951–1952 |
Laurence Rupert (Jim) McIntyre |
| Laurence Rupert (Jim) McIntyre | Australian High Commissioner to Kuala Lumpur 1955–1965 |
Allan James Eastman |
| David Hay | Australian Ambassador to Bangkok 1969–1974 |
Richard Smith |
| Leslie Wilson Johnson |
High Commissioner in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea 1974–1978 |
Gerry Nutter |
| Australian Ambassador to Jakarta 1978–1981 |
Allan Taylor |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Critchley, Thomas Kingston |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Critchley, Tom |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lahir de Melbourn |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 2009 |
| Place of death | Sydney |