Trevor Pyman Explained

Trevor Pyman
Birth Name:	Trevor Ashman Pyman
Birth Date:	25 December 1916
Occupation:	Public servant, diplomat
Alma Mater:	University of Melbourne

Trevor Ashmore Pyman (25 December 19162 April 1995) was an Australian diplomat.

Family

The son of Francis George Servante Pyman (1884–1964), and Blanche Ashmore Pyman (1888–1946), née Mitchell,^[1] Trevor Ashmore Pyman was born at Ripponlea, Victoria on 25 December 1916.^[2] He had two brothers, Clive Francis Henry Pyman (1913–1995),^[3] and James Brice Pyman (1923–1987).^[4]

Trevor Pyman married Margaret Haddon Hall on 1 August 1942;^[5] they had four children, three sons,^[6] and a daughter.^[7]

Education

Pyman was educated at Caulfield Grammar School, as were his two brothers.^[8] He was an excellent schoolboy footballer for CGS,^[9] and was dux of the school in 1934.^[10]

He attended the University of Melbourne, and attained the following qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) — in 1938.^[11]
• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) — in 1940.^[12]
• Master of Laws (LL.M.) — in 1944.^[13]
• Diploma in Public Administration (Dip.Pub.Admin.) — in 1946.^[14]

Law

On 4 September 1945, in the Victorian State High Court, Pyman was admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor.^[15]

Military

He served in the Second AIF from November 1941 to October 1944;^[16] and he remained "on strength" until he was retired (effective date 30 December 1971) at the end of 1971.^[17]

Diplomat

Pyman joined the Australian Diplomatic Service in 1944; having been discharged from the army to do so.^[18]

During his fourteen-year tenure in the diplomatic service he worked with Dr Evatt as part of the Australian Delegation to form the United Nations.

He later worked as Australia's Acting High Commissioner to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and as Head of Chancery and Counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C. While in Washington he also served as one of Australia's representatives to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.

Retired

He was retired from the Public Service, on medical grounds, in December 1977.^[19]

Australian Outlook

Pyman's influential article, "The United Nations Secretary-Generalship: A Review of its Status, Functions and Role", written immediately after the (September 1961) death of the U.N. Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjöld, in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia, was published in Australian Outlook, now known as the Australian Journal of International Affairs, in December 1961.

See also

• List of Caulfield Grammar School people

References

• Pyman, T.A., "The United Nations Secretary-Generalship: A Review of its Status, Functions and Role, Australian Outlook, Vol.15, No.3, (December 1961), pp. 240–259. doi=10.1080/00049916108565402
• Book: Webber, Horace . Years May Pass On... Caulfield Grammar School, 1881–1981 . Centenary Committee, Caulfield Grammar School, (East St Kilda) . 1981 . 978-0-9594242-0-1.
• Book: Wilkinson, Ian R. . The Fields At Play – 115 years of sport at Caulfield Grammar School 1881–1996 . Publishing . 1997 . 978-0-949853-60-8.

Notes and References

1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10900110 Marriages: Pyman—Mitchell, The Argus, (Saturday, 6 May 1911), p.13;.
2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1590469 Births: Pyman, The Argus, (Saturday, 13 January 1917), p.13.
3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10778733 Births: Pyman, The Argus, (Saturday, 19 April 1913), p.11
4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1992090 Births: Pyman, The Argus, (Wednesday, 21 November 1923), p.13
5. https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205283073 Engagements Announced, The Age, (Tuesday, 17 March 1942), p.3
6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22232961 Births: Pyman, The Argus, (Saturday, 9 March 1946), p.21.
7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11816126 Births: Pyman, The Argus, (Saturday, 15 January 1944), p.2.
8. Webber (1981), p.311.
9. Wilkinson (1997), p.103.
10. Webber (1981), p.272; Caulfield Grammar School, (Thursday, 2 December 1935), p.12.
11. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11163894 University Awards: Degrees and Diplomas, The Argus, (Monday, 11 August 1938), p.4.
12. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205226736 Degrees conferred at University, The Age, (Monday, 16 December 1940), p.9.
13. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206001725 Conferring of Degrees, The Age, (Monday, 18 December 1944), p.6.
14. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22393944 Full List of Degrees, The Argus, (Monday, 23 December 1946), p.4.
15. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/974541 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/974541 New Barristers Admitted, The Argus, (Tuesday, 4 September 1945), p.3
16. http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=589141 World War Two Nominal Roll: Lieutenant Trevor Ashmore Pyman (V158747).
17. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26054453 Australian Military Forces: Reserve Citizen Military Forces: Eastern Command: Royal Australian Army Educational Corps, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.16, (Thursday, 2 March 1972), p.22.
18. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205654079 About People, The Age, (Tuesday, 4 September 1945), p.2.
19. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241788705/26296260 Retirements and Dismissals: Retirement: Department of Transport: Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, no.PS10, (Thursday, 9 March 1978), p.7.: with effect from 22 December 1977.