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Life Summary

Name	Allan Thomas Griffith
Born	30 May, 1922 Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia
Died	24 November, 1998 (aged 76) Templestowe, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Religious Influence	Methodist Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Brown, Allen Stanley (colleague) Eggleston, Frederic William (mentor) Menzies, Robert Gordon (minister) Whitlam, Gough (minister) Fraser, Malcolm (minister)
Education *	Jimna Primary School (Qld) (student, 1928-1933) Anglican Church Grammar School (Brisbane) (student, 1934-1938) Queen's College (University of Melbourne) (resident, 1947-1951) University of Melbourne (student, 1947-1951) Canberra University College (student, 1958-1961) Joint Services Staff College (UK) (student, 1958-1959) Australian National University (student, 1962-1969) Oxford University (student, 1990-1993)
Occupation or Descriptor *	airman/woman (1941-1946) Federal, Australia foreign policy adviser (1952-1982) Federal, Australia public servant (1952-1982) Federal, Australia contractor (general) (1982-1983) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (airman)
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1979)
Key Organisations *	Moral Re-Armament (member, 1942-1998) Public Service Board (Federal) (adviser, 1975-1978)
Workplaces *	Dept of Defence (Federal) (public servant, 1951-1952) Dept of Prime Minister (public servant, 1952-1982)

* Dates are approximate