Individual Details

George Charles Ivan SMITH

(11 Jul 1915 - Nov 1995)

Events

Birth11 Jul 1915Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage1936Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - Madeleine Claire LaBarte OAKES
Occupation1937manager of the 2WL radio station in Wollongong
MarriageFrom 1 Jul 1946 to 30 Sep 1946Marylebone, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - Mary Stephanie DOUGLASS
Occupation1947Director of External Affairs in the United Nations, establishing the organisation's first international radio programs
Occupation1962personal representative of the Secretary General of the UN in East & Central Africa as well as the Regional Director of the United Nations Technical Assistance Programmes in Central Africa
Occupation1968Director of United nations Office London England where he remained until 1974
Retirement1974& wrote the book "Ghosts of Kampala", a biography of Idi Amin
Note1992He was awarded the Officer the Order of Australia by Queen Elizabeth II on Australia Day 1992
DeathNov 1995Stroud, Gloucestershire, England

Families

SpouseMadeleine Claire LaBarte OAKES (1909 - 1964)
SpouseMary Stephanie DOUGLASS (1909 - 1999)
FatherGeorge Francis "Franklin" SMITH (1874 - 1943)
MotherMay SULLIVAN (1887 - 1968)
SiblingLois Eadrith SMITH (1917 - 2003)
SiblingJohn Barker Ivan SMITH (1919 - 1945)

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