About Alf Maiden
Lived 1922 – 1979 (aged 56). Alf Maiden was an Australian civil servant.
Alfred Clement Borthwick "Alf" Maiden (21 August 192230 July 1979) was a senior Australian public servant and businessman. He was Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry between October 1962 and December 1968.
Life and career Alfred Maiden was born on 21 August 1922 in Taree, New South Wales. At 16 he began a four-year program at New England University College, graduating in history and economics with honours after just three years. He joined the army in 1941, at 19, and during World War II was positioned in New Guinea.
In October 1962, Maiden was appointed Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry He resigned from the role in 1968 to become managing director of the International Wool Secretariat in London.
Awards Maiden was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 1965 while Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry.
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Australian public servant
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Alf Maiden was born on 21 August 1922 in Taree.
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Alf Maiden died on 30 July 1979 in Toorak.
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Alf Maiden was a civil servant.
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