Frank O'Grady | |
Office1: | Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department |
Term Start1: | 28 September 1961 |
Term End1: | 8 December 1965 |
Birth Name: | Francis Phillip O’Grady |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1900 |
Birth Place: | Thebarton, Adelaide, South Australia |
Death Place: | Woodville, Adelaide, South Australia |
Occupation: | Public servant |
Nationality: | Australian |
Spouse: | Dorothy Mary Walsh (m. 1930) |
Francis Phillip "Frank" O’Grady (9 October 19006 May 1981) was a senior Australia public servant. He was Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department from September 1961 until December 1965.
Frank O'Grady was born on 9 October 1900 in Thebarton, Adelaide the first child of Hannah and John Michael O'Grady.
He was appointed Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, heading the Postmaster-General's Department, in September 1961.
O'Grady retired from the Commonwealth Public Service and his position at the Postmaster-General's Department in December 1965.[1]
In 1964 O'Grady was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was appointed a knight commander of the papal Order of St Gregory the Great in 1969.