Frank Mahony (public servant)
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Frank Mahony CB, OBE |
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| 4th Director-General of Security | |
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In office 29 September 1975 – 8 March 1976 |
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| Prime Minister |
Gough Whitlam Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | Peter Barbour |
| Succeeded by | Edward Woodward |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Francis Joseph Mahony 15 March 1915 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | January 2000 (aged 84) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Moya Sexton (m. 1939–95) |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Public servant |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/branch | Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1943–1944 |
| Rank | Staff sergeant |
Francis Joseph "Frank" Mahony CB, OBE (15 March 1915 – January 2000) was an Australian lawyer and public servant, who served as interim Director-General of Security (head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) for just over five months between 1975 and 1976.
Mahony was born in Newcastle in 1915, but was orphaned when his mother died the day after his birth and his father was killed in action at the Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium during World War I. He was raised by relatives in Newcastle where he went to school, until he moved to Armidale to attend De La Salle College, where he won a scholarship to the University of Sydney.
In 1934, Mahony joined the Commonwealth Public Service, whilst also studying law part-time at the Sydney Law School, from which he graduated in 1940. He joined the Crown Solicitor's Office in 1941, interrupting his public service career in 1943 to serve for eighteen months in the Australian Army. After discharge from the army, he returned to the CSO where he was involved in several high profile inquiries and commissions including the Royal Commission into the Petrov Affair, an inquiry into the crash of Ansett-ANA Flight 325, and the Royal Commission into the Melbourne–Voyager collision. In 1963, he became Deputy Crown Solicitor.
In 1970, Mahony moved to Canberra to join the office of the federal Attorney-General. He was involved in the administration of legislation and law reform, and represented Australia on the delegation to negotiate improvements to the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war.
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