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Australian public servant and diplomat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Noël St. Clair Deschamps (25 December 1908 – 12 May 2005) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.
Noël Deschamps | |
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Born | Noël St. Clair Deschamps 25 December 1908 Brisbane, Queensland |
Died | 12 May 2005 96) Melbourne | (aged
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Occupation(s) | Public servant, diplomat |
Parent | Jacqueline Hester Deschamps |
Deschamps was born in Brisbane, the son of Jacqueline Hester née Irwin and Joseph Mark Deschamps.[1][2] His paternal grandparents owned a vineyard.[1] He was educated at Glamorgan Preparatory School in Toorak, Melbourne.[3] He graduated with a Master of Arts from the University of Cambridge and spent a couple of years as a school-master in North Wales before returning to Australia.
Deschamps joined the Department of External Affairs in 1937.[4][5] January 1940 saw Deschamps appointed official secretary to the Australian High Commissioner in Canada.[6]
Between 1946 and 1947 Deschamps was Charge d'Affaires in Moscow.[7] While in Moscow his sister Yvonne visited.[8]
In March 1950 Deschamps presented his credentials as the head of the Australian Military Mission in Berlin to the three Allied High Commissioners at Bonn.[9] In January 1952, Deschamps was appointed Charge d'Affaires in West Germany to open up the Australian embassy in Bonn.[10][11][12]
While Australian Ambassador to Cambodia (1962–1969) Deschamps also represented the interests of the United States in the country after King Norodom Sihanouk broke off diplomatic ties with Washington.[13] Deschamps became a friend of Sihanouk's and the Ambassador was awarded a high Cambodian decoration to mark the close relationship between Australia and Cambodia.[14]
In January 1969 Deschamps was appointed Ambassador to Chile.[15] He presented his credentials to President Eduardo Frei Montalva on 4 June 1969.[16] Deschamps was recalled to Australia for consultations shortly after a coup to remove the Allende Government.[17] He did not return to the country in an official capacity after the coup with the Australian Government instead appointing a charge d'affaires.[18]
Deschamps retired in December 1973 to Melbourne.[19]
In his retirement, Deschamps was a patron of the Australian Monarchist League.[20]
In May 2005, Deschamps died in Melbourne, aged 96.[5]
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