Allan Henry Loomes (25 April 19171 November 1990) was an Australian public servant and diplomat. Born at

Burrinjuck, New South Wales Burrinjuck is a village community in the far eastern part of the Riverina, in the South West Slopes of New South Wales. By road it is about southwest of Woolgarlo, New South Wales, Woolgarlo and south from Bookham, New South Wales, Bookham. Th ...

, Loomes was the youngest of four children. After service in the RAAF during World War II, Loomes moved to Canberra in 1946 to join the

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in the Department of External Affairs. His appointments included ambassadorial roles in Burma, Thailand, South Korea, Peru and Venezuela. In 1976 Loomes received non-resident accreditation for Colombia as Australia's first ambassador, presenting his credentials to President

Alfonso López Michelsen Alfonso López Michelsen (30 June 1913 – 11 July 2007) was a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the 24th President of Colombia from 1974 to 1978. He was nicknamed "El Pollo" (The Chicken), a popular Colombian idiom for people with ...

. Loomes was appointed an

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in January 1962. Loomes died on 1 November 1990. In 2010, a street in

Casey, Australian Capital Territory Casey is a suburb in Canberra, Australia, approximately 4 km from the Gungahlin Town Centre and about 13 km from the centre of Canberra. The suburb is named after Richard Casey, Baron Casey an Australian politician, diplomat and later ...

was named Loomes Lane in his honour.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Loomes, Allan 1917 births 1990 deaths Ambassadors of Australia to Myanmar Ambassadors of Australia to Peru Ambassadors of Australia to South Korea Ambassadors of Australia to Thailand Ambassadors of Australia to Venezuela University of Sydney alumni Ambassadors of Australia to Colombia Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire