Robert McKeeman Oakley (28 March 187127 August 1927) was a senior Australian public servant. He was
Comptroller-General of Customs between 1923 and 1927.
Life and career
Oakley was born in Warrnambool, Victoria on 28 March 1871 to parents Elizabeth Oakley (née McKeeman) and Thomas Oakley.
Oakley was an officer in the Victorian Artillery Garrison from 1892 to 1902.
In 1889, he joined the Victorian Customs Department as a Clerk, and became a
Commonwealth Public Servant in 1901 when the Federal
Department of Trade and Customs
The Department of Trade and Customs was an Government of Australia, Australian government department that existed between 1901 and 1956. It was one of the inaugural government departments of Australia established at Federation of Australia, fede ...
was formed.
Between May 1923 and his retirement in March 1927, Oakley was Comptroller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs.
[
Oakley died suddenly of angina pectorisat his home in Melbourne on 27 August 1927.][ He left in his will funds, the income of which was to provide a scholarship or bursary at Queen's College, ]University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...
.
Awards
Oakley was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 1923 whilst Deputy Comptroller-General in the Department of Trade and Customs.
References
1871 births
1927 deaths
Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
People from Warrnambool
20th-century Australian public servants
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