Malcolm Shepherd (public servant) explained

Malcolm Shepherd
Office1:Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department
Term Start1:1 January 1912
Term End1:27 January 1921
Successor1:Percy Deane
Office2:Secretary of the Department of Defence
Term Start2:1927
Term End2:1937
Predecessor2:Thomas Trumble
Successor2:Sir Frederick Shedden
Birth Date:27 October 1873
Birth Place:Cambewarra, New South Wales
Death Place:East Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation:Public servant
Nationality:Australian
Spouse:Edith Nina Adelaide Dimelow (m. 1899; d. 1915)
Linda Hazel Hopetoun Gill (m. 1917)

Malcolm Lindsay Shepherd (27 October 1873 – 25 June 1960) was a senior Australian public servant. From 1904 to 1911 he served as the private secretary to four Australian prime ministers, (Alfred Deakin, Chris Watson, George Reid and Andrew Fisher), prior to being appointed as the inaugural Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department (1911–1921). He subsequently served as official secretary of the Commonwealth of Australia in London (1921–1927) and Secretary of the Department of Defence (1927–1937).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: W. J.. Hudson. Christine. Steele. Shepherd, Malcolm Lindsay (1873–1960). Australian Dictionary of Biography. 11. Australian National University. 1988. 14 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130514225426/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/shepherd-malcolm-lindsay-8413. live.