Lloyd Bott

Lloyd Bott
Lloyd Bott; DSC CBE
Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
	In office; 23 December 1975 – 10 August 1977
Secretary of the Department of Tourism and Recreation
	In office; 9 January 1973 – 22 December 1975
Acting Secretary of the Department of Minerals and Energy
	In office; 19 December 1972 – 20 December 1972
Secretary of the Department of National Development
	In office; 1 October 1969 – 19 December 1972
Personal details
Born	Lloyd Forrester Bott; 8 April 1917; Thornbury, Melbourne
Died	8 September 2004 (aged 87)
Nationality	Australian
Spouse(s)	Gwendoline Siddons (m. 1940)
Children	Michael, Susan and Stephen
Occupation	Public servant

Lloyd Forrester Bott DSC CBE (8 April 1917 – 8 September 2004) was a senior Australian public servant.

Early life

Lloyd Bott was born on 8 April 1917 in Thornbury, Melbourne.[1] He attended Northcote High School.[1]

Career

After leaving high school, Bott qualified for the Commonwealth Public Service in 1933 and went to work in the Post Office in Sydney.[1] He returned to Melbourne a year later and began to study at the University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Commerce, which he completed in 1948 when he returned from the Second World War, having served in the Australian Navy.[1]

After his time as a 'yachtie' based in Dartmouth, Bott joined the Department of Supply, rising to become a Deputy Secretary in the department in 1967.[1] He was responsible for the Administration of United States space projects in Australia during the time of the Apollo 11 moon landing.[1][2][3][4]

John Gorton appointed Bott Secretary of the Department of National Development in 1969.[5] He was later Secretary of the Department of Tourism and Recreation, between 1973 and 1975.[6]

Bott retired from the public service in 1977, his final appointment being Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, which he had held since December 1975.[7]

Awards and honours

Lloyd Bott was honoured with a Distinguished Service Cross in 1945, for his "gallantry, enthusiasm and great devotion to duty while serving in HM MGB 502 in hazardous operations."[1]

In 2010, a street in the Canberra suburb of Casey was named Bott Crescent in Lloyd Bott's honour.[8]

References

Billett, Jan Roberts (20 October 2004). "War hero awarded DSC for gallantry and devotion to duty". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010.
Lloyd Bott – My Association with NASA (photos), archived from the original on 17 January 2014
Lloyd Bott – My Association with NASA, archived from the original on 17 January 2014
Gorton, John (21 July 1969). "The Moon Landing: Prime Minister's Comments" (Press release). Archived from the original on 17 January 2014.
CA 56: Department of National Development [I], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 17 January 2014
CA 1491: Department of Tourism and Recreation, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 17 January 2014
CA 1955: Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [I], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 17 January 2014
Bott Crescent, ACT Government Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate, archived from the original on 27 February 2014

Government offices
Preceded by Bill Boswell	Secretary of the Department of National Development 1969 – 1972	Department abolished
New title Department established	Acting Secretary of the Department of Minerals and Energy 1972	Succeeded by Lenox Hewitt
Preceded by Doug McKay (Acting)	Secretary of the Department of Tourism and Recreation 1973 - 1975	Department abolished
Preceded by Peter Wilenski as Secretary of the Department of Labor and Immigration	Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs 1975 – 1977	Succeeded by Lou Engledow

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[CTObit-1] Billett, Jan Roberts (20 October 2004). "War hero awarded DSC for gallantry and devotion to duty". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010.

[2] Lloyd Bott – My Association with NASA (photos), archived from the original on 17 January 2014

[3] Lloyd Bott – My Association with NASA, archived from the original on 17 January 2014

[4] Gorton, John (21 July 1969). "The Moon Landing: Prime Minister's Comments" (Press release). Archived from the original on 17 January 2014.

[NAA_CA_56-5] CA 56: Department of National Development [I], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 17 January 2014

[NAA_CA_1491-6] CA 1491: Department of Tourism and Recreation, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 17 January 2014

[NAA_CA_1955-7] CA 1955: Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [I], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 17 January 2014

[Casey-8] Bott Crescent, ACT Government Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate, archived from the original on 27 February 2014