Frank Meere

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Sir Frank Meere
CBE OBE
Comptroller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs
In office
1952 – 11 January 1956
Comptroller-General of the Department of Customs and Excise
In office
11 January 1956 – 22 July 1960
Personal details
Born
Francis Anthony Meere

(1895-07-24)24 July 1895
Daylesford, Victoria
Died15 April 1985(1985-04-15) (aged 89)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
NationalityAustralia Australian
OccupationPublic servant

Sir Francis Anthony "Frank" Meere (24 July 1895 – 15 April 1985) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Comptroller-General of Customs between 1952 and 1960, heading first the Department of Trade and Customs and then the Department of Customs and Excise.

Life and career[]

Meere was born in Daylesford, Victoria on 24 July 1895.[1][2] He was educated at the Christian Brothers College, St Kilda.[1]

Meere joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1913 in Victoria in the Department of Trade and Customs. Between 1947 and 1952, Meeres was assistant Comptroller-General of Customs in the Department.[3] He was promoted to Comptroller-General of Customs in 1952.[4]

Meere retired from his Customs position in July 1960,[5] and soon after was appointed a director of Pope Industries Limited,[2] a manufacturing business.[6]

Meere's first wife, Lady Helena Agnes Meere, died in December 1961.[7]

Meere died on 15 April 1985, and a Requiem Mass was held for him at St Christopher's Cathedral in Manuka, Canberra.[8]

Awards[]

Meere was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his public service in June 1952.[9] He was promoted to a Commander of the Order in 1955.[10]

In June 1960, Meere was made a Knight Bachelor.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b CP 245: Sir Francis Anthony MEERE OBE, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 22 August 2015
  2. ^ a b "Post for Sir Frank Meere". 20 September 1960. p. 5.
  3. ^ "Mr. F.A. Meere new head of Customs Dept". The Canberra Times. 17 October 1952. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Customs head appointed". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 17 October 1952. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Sir Frank Meere retires". The Canberra Times. 23 July 1960. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Pope Industries may open in NSW". News. Adelaide, South Australia. 27 September 1954. p. 9.
  7. ^ "Death of Lady Meere". The Canberra Times. 22 December 1961. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Mass for Sir Frank Meere". The Canberra Times. 19 April 1985. p. 7.
  9. ^ "Search Australian Honours, Name: MEERE, Francis Anthony, Award: The Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil)", itsanhonour.gov.au, Australian Government, archived from the original on 22 August 2015
  10. ^ "Search Australian Honours, Name: MEERE, Francis Anthony, Award: The Order of the British Empire - Commander (Civil)", itsanhonour.gov.au, Australian Government, archived from the original on 22 August 2015
  11. ^ "Search Australian Honours, Name: MEERE, Francis Anthony, Award: Knight Bachelor", itsanhonour.gov.au, Australian Government, archived from the original on 22 August 2015
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1952 – 1956 		Succeeded by
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as Comptroller-General of the Department of Customs and Excise
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