About Bernard Carl Ashwin
Lived 1896 – 1975 (aged 78). Bernard Carl Ashwin was a New Zealand economist and civil servant.
Sir Bernard Carl Ashwin (22 September 1896 – 12 February 1975) was a New Zealand senior public servant and economist. He was born in Paeroa, New Zealand, on 22 September 1896.
He was Secretary (i.e. head) of the New Zealand Treasury from 1939 to 1955.
Ashwin was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1946 New Year Honours. In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. In the 1956 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Who was Bernard Carl Ashwin?
New Zealand public servant and economist
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Bernard Carl Ashwin was born on 22 September 1896 in Paeroa.
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Bernard Carl Ashwin died on 12 February 1975.
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Bernard Carl Ashwin was an economist and civil servant.
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Bernard Carl Ashwin was New Zealand.
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