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Life Summary

Name	Sir Frederick Henry Wheeler
Born	9 January, 1914 St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	5 August, 1994 (aged 80) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Related Entries	[View as tree] Wilson, Roland (work colleague) Coombs, Herbert Cole (work colleague) Randall, Richard John (work colleague) Bland, Henry Armand (work colleague) Crawford, John Grenfell (work colleague) Brown, Allen Stanley (work colleague) Tange, Arthur Harold (work colleague) Hewitt, Cyrus Lenox (work colleague) Bunting, Edward John (work colleague) Chifley, Ben (employer) Menzies, Robert Gordon (employer) Melville, Leslie Galfreid (employer) McMahon, William (employer) Gorton, John Grey (employer) Whitlam, Gough (employer) Copland, Douglas Berry (teacher) Khemlani, Tirath Hassaram (related entry) Crean, Frank (minister)
Education *	Trinity Grammar School (Melbourne) (student, 1919-1923) Scotch College (Melbourne) (student, 1924-1929) University of Melbourne (student, 1930-1938)
Occupation or Descriptor *	bank employee (1929-1939) Victoria, Australia public servant (1939-1952) Australian Capital Territory, Australia public service head (1961-1979) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1952) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1962) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1967) Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1979)
Key Events *	Bretton Woods agreement, 1944 (Australian negotiator) Khemlani loans affair, 1974-75 (head of Treasury)
Workplaces *	State Savings Bank of Victoria (employee, 1929-1939) Treasury (federal) (public servant, 1939-1952) International Labour Organisation (Geneva) (treasurer, 1952-1960) Public Service Board (Federal) (chairman, 1961-1971) Treasury (federal) (departmental head, 1971-1979)

* Dates are approximate