Percy Deane
Percy Deane Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs | |
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| In office 1 January 1929 – 12 April 1932 | |
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| Born | Percival Edgar Deane 10 August 1890 Port Melbourne, Victoria |
| Died | 17 August 1946 (aged 56) Caulfield, Victoria |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Spouse | Ruth Marjorie Manning (m. 1917) |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Occupation | Public servant |
Percival Edgar Deane
Deane was born in
On the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and was posted to the 1st Australian General Hospital in Egypt, where he was commissioned Lieutenant and Quartermaster. In April 1916 he was invalided back to Australia suffering from overstrain.
In November 1916 Deane was appointed private secretary to
In February 1921 he was appointed Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department and in 1929 Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs until its abolition in 1932. From 1932 until his retirement on medical grounds (with myocarditis) in 1936, he was a member of the War Pensions Entitlement Appeals Tribunal.[2]
In his retirement, Deane broke his hip in a street-fall and became bedridden, eventually dying of cancer on 17 August 1946 at the age of 56.[3]
Footnotes
- ^ "No. 31712". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1919. p. 4.
- ^ "Mr Percy Dean Resigns: Federal Service Figure". News. Adelaide, SA. 13 August 1936. p. 3.
- ^ Murray-Smith 1981.
References and further reading
- Murray-Smith, S. (1981), "Deane, Percival Edgar (Percy) (1890–1946)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, archived from the original on 4 November 2013
- "Death of Mr Percy E. Deane". The Argus. 19 August 1946. p. 4.
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