Sir
Daniel McVey
CMG
Sir Daniel McVey, senior Australian public servant
Director-General of the Department of Supply and Development
In office
25 May 1939 – 29 August 1939
Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department
In office
1 January 1940 – 10 June 1946
Director-General of the Department of Civil Aviation
In office
17 February 1944 – 10 June 1946
Personal details
Born
Daniel McVey

(1892-11-24)24 November 1892
Carronshore, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Died24 December 1972(1972-12-24) (aged 80)
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralia Australian
SpouseMargaret Gardiner (Peggy)
Children2 sons, 1 daughter
Parent(s)Daniel McVey, Jeanie Kay
OccupationPublic servant

Sir Daniel McVey CMG (24 November 1892 – 24 December 1972) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department from 1940 until December 1946.

Life and career

Daniel McVey was born in Carronshore, Stirlingshire, Scotland, on 24 November 1892, to Daniel and Jeanie McVey.[1] He and his younger brothers Robert (Bob), Harry (Henry), George, Bill and sister Nessie moved to Australia in 1910 after their mother Jeanie died in childbirth and their father remarried.[1]

McVey joined the Commonwealth Public Service in the Postmaster-General's Department as a clerk in 1914.[2][3] He left the department to serve with the First Australian Imperial Force between 1915 and 1919 in the 45th Battery, attaining the position Lieutenant.[3]

He was appointed Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, heading the Postmaster-General's Department, in January 1940.[4] From February 1944, McVey had also held the post of Director-General of Civil Aviation, head of the Department of Civil Aviation, a position he was officially "on loan" to.[5][6]

McVey retired from the public service in June 1946.[1] After leaving the service, he joined private industry, working as chairman and managing director of Standard Telephones & Cables Pty Ltd between 1946 and 1949, and then going on to become managing director of Metal Manufactures Ltd and Austral Bronze Co. Pty Ltd from 1949 until 1962.[1]

McVey died on 24 December 1972 in East Melbourne and was cremated.[1]

Awards

In 1946, McVey was awarded the University of Melbourne Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement.[7]

McVey was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1950.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Drinkwater, Derek (2000). "Sir Daniel McVey (1892–1972)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 15. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mr. D. McVey Leaves Civil Service". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 May 1946. p. 4.
  3. 1 2 CP 273: Sir Daniel MCVEY KT, CMG, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 21 November 2014
  4. ↑ CA 9: Postmaster-General's Department, Central Administration, National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 11 March 2020, retrieved 21 November 2014
  5. ↑ "Civil Aviation: New Director-General Appointed". The West Australian. 17 February 1944. p. 2.
  6. ↑ CA 29: Department of Civil Aviation, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 15 March 2020, retrieved 21 November 2014
  7. ↑ "Honour for Mr. D. McVey". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 July 1946. p. 3.
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