About Percival Gourgaud
Lived 1881 – 1958 (aged 76). Percival Gourgaud was an Australian civil servant.
Percival Albert Gourgaud (3 October 188130 August 1958) was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as head of the Department of Works and Railways.
Life and career Gourgaud was born on 3 October 1881 at Norton Diggings, near Gladstone, Queensland to parents Claudius Gourgaud and Mary Jane Gourgaud (née Barnes). Claudius had emigrated from France, and Mary Jane from England.
He was appointed Secretary of the Department of Works and Railways in June 1929, his previous position had been chief clerk and assistant secretary in the Department.
The Great Depression restricted public operations, and in 1932 the Works Department was amalgamated with Home Affairs and Transport to form the Department of the Interior, in which he was appointed Assistant Secretary.
Gourgaud died on 30 August 1958 at Canberra Community Hospital, and was buried in Canberra cemetery.
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Australian public servant (1881-1958)
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Percival Gourgaud died on 30 August 1958.
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