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Sir Edwin William "Ted" Hicks (9 June 191014 May 1984) was a senior Australian public servant and diplomat. He was Secretary of the Department of Defence for 11 years, between 1956 and 1968. ==Life and career== Ted Hicks was born in Elsternwick, Melbourne on 9 June 1910. He was educated at Haileybury College and Melbourne Grammar School. Hicks and his parents together moved to Canberra in 1927 and Hicks studied Commerce at the Canberra University College (now known as the Australian National University).〔 Hicks was appointed Secretary of the Department of Air. in 1951, and his effectiveness there led to his appointed in 1956 as head of the Department of Defence, succeeding Frederick Shedden who had been in the role for many years, including for the entire duration of World War II.〔 Hicks announced that he would retired from the Department of Defence in December 1967, to be appointed Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand from early 1968. Hicks died in the Royal Canberra Hospital on 14 May 1984. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ted Hicks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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