Trevor Ashmore Pyman (25 December 19162 April 1995) was an Australian diplomat.

Family

The son of Francis George Servante Pyman (1884–1964), and Blanche Ashmore Pyman (1888–1946), née Mitchell, Trevor Ashmore Pyman was born at

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on 25 December 1916. He had two brothers, Clive Francis Henry Pyman (1913–1995), and James Brice Pyman (1923–1987). Trevor Pyman married Margaret Haddon Hall on 1 August 1942; they had four children, three sons, and a daughter.

Education

Pyman was educated at

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, as were his two brothers. He was an excellent schoolboy footballer for CGS, and was dux of the school in 1934. He attended the

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, and attained the following qualifications: * ''Bachelor of Arts'' (B.A.) — in 1938. * ''Bachelor of Laws'' (LL.B.) — in 1940. * ''Master of Laws'' (LL.M.) — in 1944. * ''Diploma in Public Administration'' (Dip.Pub.Admin.) — in 1946.

Law

On 4 September 1945, in the Victorian State High Court, Pyman was admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor.

Military

He served in the Second AIF from November 1941 to October 1944; and he remained "on strength" until he was retired (effective date 30 December 1971) at the end of 1971.

Diplomat

Pyman joined the Australian Diplomatic Service in 1944; having been discharged from the army to do so. During his fourteen-year tenure in the diplomatic service he worked with Dr Evatt as part of the Australian Delegation to form the

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. He later worked as Australia's Acting High Commissioner to

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, and as Head of Chancery and Counsellor at the Australian

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While in Washington he also served as one of Australia's representatives to the

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Retired

He was retired from the Public Service, on medical grounds, in December 1977.Retirements and Dismissals: Retirement: Department of Transport: Central Office, ''Commonwealth of Australia Gazette'', no.PS10, (Thursday, 9 March 1978), p.7.: with effect from 22 December 1977.
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''Australian Outlook''

Pyman's influential article, "The United Nations Secretary-Generalship: A Review of its Status, Functions and Role", written immediately after the (September 1961) death of the

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, in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia, was published in ''Australian Outlook'', now known as the ''Australian Journal of International Affairs'', in December 1961.

Footnotes

References

* Pyman, T.A., "The United Nations Secretary-Generalship: A Review of its Status, Functions and Role, ''Australian Outlook'', Vol.15, No.3, (December 1961), pp. 240–259
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pyman, Trevor 1916 births 1995 deaths People educated at Caulfield Grammar School University of Melbourne alumni Melbourne Law School alumni High Commissioners of Australia to Canada 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army officers