Sir Frederick Geoffrey Shedden KCMG OBE (8 August 18938 July 1971) was Secretary of Australia

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...

's Department of Defence

Department of Defence (Australia)

The Australian Department of Defence is a Federal Government Department. It forms part of the Australian Defence Organisation along with the Australian Defence Force . The Defence mission is to defend Australia and its national interests...

 from 1937 to 1956.

He was the subject of a biography:
Defence Supremo by David Horner

David Horner

David Murray Horner AM is an Australian military historian and academic.-Biography:Horner was raised in a military household; his father Murray Horner had served in New Guinea during World War II and later joined the Citizen Military Forces . He joined the Army after completing school in 1966 and...

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Honours

In the Queen's Birthday Honours of June 1933 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

 (OBE).

In the New Year's Day Honours of 1941, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....

(CMG).

In the Queen's Birthday Honours of June 1943 he was knighted a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael ad St George (KCMG).