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James Clarence Archer OBE

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Appointed: 1 July 1956 to 1 April 1961

Date of birth: 28th July 1900

Place of birth: Victoria, Australia

Employment history  

  • World War II: Lieutenant in Papua New Guinea Volunteer Rifles
  • 1942 - Led a party of Rabaul citizens to escape from the Japanese as they landed on New Britain
  • Commonwealth Public Service
  • Attorney-General’s Office New Guinea
  • 1983 - Delegate of the Custodian of Expropriated Properties of New Guinea 1983
  • Deputy Secretary Department of Territories
  • 1956 to 1961 - Appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory

Honours and awards

  • 1956 - Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Civil Division (OBE)

Memorial: Archer, Palmerston, Northern Territory - died 23 December 1980 in Canberra