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Life Summary

Name	Sir Allen Stanley Brown
Born	5 July, 1911 Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	2 August, 1999 (aged 88) Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Related Entries	[View as tree] Wilson, Roland (work colleague) Coombs, Herbert Cole (work colleague) Bland, Henry Armand (work colleague) Crawford, John Grenfell (work colleague) Wheeler, Frederick Henry (work colleague) McKnight, Allan Douglas (work colleague) Yeend, Geoffrey John (work colleague) Chifley, Ben (colleague) Bunting, Edward John (colleague) Griffith, Allan Thomas (colleague) Shedden, Frederick Geoffrey (acquaintance) Randall, Richard John (acquaintance) Menzies, Robert Gordon (minister)
Education *	Caulfield Grammar (Melbourne) (student, 1923-1925) Wesley College (Melbourne) (student, 1926-1928) Queen's College (University of Melbourne) (student, 1929-1936) University of Melbourne (student, 1929-1936)
Occupation *	solicitor (1937-1941) Victoria, Australia public servant (1942-1976) Federal, Australia public service head (1949-1959) Federal, Australia diplomat (1959-1970) Federal, Australia high commissioner (1959-1965) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	Melbourne University Rifles (citizen soldier, 1930-1932)
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1953) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1956)
Key Organisations *	British Phosphate Commission (member) Seven Dwarfs ('dwarf') Snowy Mountains Scheme (departmental head)
Workplaces *	Dept Postwar Reconstruction (public servant, 1942-1949) Dept of Prime Minister (departmental head, 1949-1959) Dept Postwar Reconstruction (departmental head, 1949-1949)

* Dates are approximate