Alan Carmody
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Sir Alan Thomas Carmody was an Australia
n public servant and government official, who was knighted for his contributions.
He was born at Malvern
, Melbourne
. His father, Thomas, was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and Bar
for bravery in World War I
. Alan Carmody attended St Patrick's College, Goulburn. Aged 16, he joined the Commonwealth Public Service on 18 March 1937 as a clerk for the Department of Trade and Customs in Canberra
.
. He was commissioned in February 1943, serving as a radar officer. He was demobbed in 1945. He graduated from the University of Melbourne
(BA, 1946/BCom, 1947/MCom, 1950).
In 1975, Carmody pushed for the establishment of an agency to be known as the Australia Police, which he would have headed initially, formed by combining the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Commonwealth police forces, roughly modelled on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
. The force would have dealt with smuggling and white-collar crime
. The project never came to pass for political reasons.
, on 25 October 1944. They would have five children.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n public servant and government official, who was knighted for his contributions.
He was born at Malvern
Malvern, Victoria
Malvern is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Malvern had a population of 9,422.-History:...
, Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. His father, Thomas, was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and Bar
Meritorious Service Medal (United Kingdom)
The Meritorious Service Medal is a silver medal for distinguished service, or for gallantry, principally by non-commissioned officers of all of the British armed forces and of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service.-Summary:...
for bravery in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. Alan Carmody attended St Patrick's College, Goulburn. Aged 16, he joined the Commonwealth Public Service on 18 March 1937 as a clerk for the Department of Trade and Customs in Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
.
World War II
Carmody enlisted in 1940 in the Citizen Air Force of the Royal Australian Air ForceRoyal Australian Air Force
The Royal Australian Air Force is the air force branch of the Australian Defence Force. The RAAF was formed in March 1921. It continues the traditions of the Australian Flying Corps , which was formed on 22 October 1912. The RAAF has taken part in many of the 20th century's major conflicts...
. He was commissioned in February 1943, serving as a radar officer. He was demobbed in 1945. He graduated from the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
(BA, 1946/BCom, 1947/MCom, 1950).
Post war career
(In Canberra unless otherwise stated.)- Department of Trade and Customs
- Tariff Board, Melbourne
- Department of Trade, Deputy-Secretary
- Department of Customs and Excise, Comptroller-General
- Department of Customs and Excise (later Department of Police and Customs), Head
- Department of Business and Consumer Affairs, Secretary
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Head
In 1975, Carmody pushed for the establishment of an agency to be known as the Australia Police, which he would have headed initially, formed by combining the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Commonwealth police forces, roughly modelled on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
. The force would have dealt with smuggling and white-collar crime
White-collar crime
Within the field of criminology, white-collar crime has been defined by Edwin Sutherland as "a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation" . Sutherland was a proponent of Symbolic Interactionism, and believed that criminal behavior was...
. The project never came to pass for political reasons.
Family
A practising Catholic, Carmody married Elizabeth Mary Brennan in St Patrick's Catholic Church, AdelaideAdelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, on 25 October 1944. They would have five children.