Bertram Ballard

Bertram Charles Ballard AM (22 January 1903 – 15 July 1981) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.[1] Ballard was born on 22 January 1903 in Toorak, Melbourne the eldest of three children in his family.[2] Ballard joined the Commonwealth Public Service as Australian government solicitor in New Hebrides, Vanuatu in 1934.He was tasked with encouraging war-time cooperation between New Caledonia and Australia and was also responsible for reporting to the Australian Government on economic and political affairs.[2] In his first decade at the external affairs department, he was posted to Japan, the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), France, the Soviet Union and Switzerland.
Toorak, VictoriaKew, VictoriaUniversity of MelbournediplomatScotch CollegeCommonwealth Public ServiceDepartment of External AffairsSwitzerlandMember of the Order of Australia1981 Queen's Birthday HonoursMiller, John Donald BruceAustralian Official Representative in NoumeaNoël DeschampsPermanent Representative of Australiato the United Nations Office in GenevaPatrick ShawAllan LoomesAustralian Minister to ThailandDavid HayOsmond Charles FuhrmanAustralian Minister to IsraelJohn McMillanStewart Wolfe JamiesonHigh Commissioner of Australia to GhanaBarrie DexterCharles KevinAustralian High Commissioner to CeylonGordon UptonJohn RowlandAustralian Ambassador to Sweden