Patrick Shaw (diplomat)

Sir Patrick Shaw CBE (18 September 1913  27 December 1975) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.[1][2]

Sir Patrick Shaw CBE
Born
Patrick Shaw

(1913-09-18)18 September 1913
Kew, Victoria Australia
Died27 December 1975(1975-12-27) (aged 62)
Washington, D.C. United States
NationalityAustralian
OccupationPublic servant, diplomat
Spouse(s)
Catherine Helen Jeffree
(m. 1938)
ChildrenKarina, Janet

Shaw joined the Department of External Affairs in 1939.[3] He worked in the Department's political section until 1941 when he was sent on his first overseas posting as third secretary in Australia's Tokyo legation. Shaw and other legation staff were taken as prisoners of war when war broke out.[4]

In 1973, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam announced Shaw's appointment as Ambassador to the United States.[5] While in the role, Shaw suffered a fatal heart attack. He died on 27 December 1975.[6] Ambassador Shaw's wife, the Lady Catherine Helen Shaw, was a victim of a street attack in Washington, D.C., for which she received ex gratia remuneration from the United States Government.[7][8]

Shaw's daughter, Karina Campbell (née Shaw) followed her father in working in the Australian diplomatic service. Karina Campbell joined the then-Department of External Affairs in 1963 and later held a range of senior positions in the Department.

References

  1. Lee, David, "Shaw, Sir Patrick (1913–1975)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, archived from the original on 9 February 2015
  2. Broinowski, Alison (7 December 2013). "Sexist baggage revealed". The Wimmera Mail-Times. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016.
  3. "Mr Patrick Shaw to India". The Canberra Times. 2 March 1970. p. 1.
  4. "Obituary: Sir Patrick Shaw gave 36 years' service". The Canberra Times. ACT. 29 December 1975. p. 3.
  5. Davidson, Gay (27 September 1973). "Diplomatic reshuffle announced". The Canberra Times. p. 1.
  6. "Ambassador to US dies". The Canberra Times. 29 December 1975. p. 1.
  7. H.R. 13179: State Department Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1977. Committee on International Relations, United States House of Representatives. April 12, 1976.
  8. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1977.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
William Macmahon Ball
Australian Ambassador to Japan
1947–1949
Succeeded by
William Roy Hodgson
Preceded by
Bertram Ballard
Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva
1951–1953
Succeeded by
Ralph Harry
Preceded by
John Hood
Australian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
1956–1959
Succeeded by
Alan Watt
Preceded by
Laurence McIntyre
Australian Ambassador to Indonesia
1960–1962
Succeeded by
Mick Shann
Preceded by
David Hay
Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations
1965–1970
Succeeded by
Laurence McIntyre
Preceded by
Arthur Tange
Australian High Commissioner to India
Australian Ambassador to Nepal

1970–1973
Succeeded by
Bruce Grant
Preceded by
James Plimsoll
Australian Ambassador to the United States
1974–1975
Succeeded by
Gordon Upton
as Charge d'Affaires



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