George Sutcliffe | |
Office1: | Secretary of the Department of Shipping and Fuel |
Term Start1: | 6 April 1948 |
Term End1: | 21 December 1948 |
Birth Name: | George Gribbon Sutcliffe |
Birth Date: | 2 February 1895 |
Birth Place: | Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Death Place: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Public servant |
Nationality: | Australian |
Alma Mater: | University of Melbourne |
George Gribbon Sutcliffe (2 February 189510 December 1964) was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as a Commissioner of the Commonwealth Public Service Board.
Sutcliffe was born in Coburg, Melbourne on 2 February 1895 to parents Mary Sutcliffe (née Perryman) and John Sutcliffe.[1] He joined the Commonwealth Public Service in the Postmaster-General's Department at the age of 14.[2]
Between April and December 1948, Sutcliffe was Secretary of the Department of Shipping and Fuel. He was then appointed a Commissioner of the Public Service Board, and moved to Canberra.[1]
He retired from the Public Service Board in 1960,[3] and was appointed Commonwealth Coordinator of the Good Neighbour movement.[4]
Sutcliffe died of a coronary occlusion on 10 December 1964 in Goulburn, New South Wales, where he was attending a meeting of the council of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.[2] He was buried in Canberra cemetery.[1]
Sutcliffe was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1956 Queen's Birthday Honours for his public service.