About Frank O'Grady
Lived 1900 – 1981 (aged 80). Frank O'Grady was an Australian civil servant.
Francis Phillip "Frank" O’Grady (9 October 1900 – 6 May 1981) was a senior Australia public servant. He was Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department from September 1961 until December 1965.
Life and career Frank O'Grady was born on 9 October 1900 in Thebarton, Adelaide the first child of Hannah and John Michael O'Grady.
He was appointed Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, heading the Postmaster-General's Department, in September 1961.
O'Grady retired from the Commonwealth Public Service and his position at the Postmaster-General's Department in December 1965.
Awards In 1964 O'Grady was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was appointed a knight commander of the papal Order of St Gregory the Great in 1969.
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Who was Frank O'Grady?
Australian public servant
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Frank O'Grady was born on 9 October 1900.
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Frank O'Grady died on 6 May 1981.
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Frank O'Grady was a civil servant.
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Frank O'Grady was Australian.
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