Sir Colin Hamilton Allan KCMG OBE (23 October 1921 – 5 March 1993) was a New Zealander who spent most of his professional life in the British administration of overseas territories.
He transferred to the New Zealand Signals the same year and was in the Army Education Service until 1944, holding the rank of lance corporal.
In 1945, he was posted to the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force where he served as a lieutenant until 1946.
Restoration of basic civilian administration was a priority for the Service, particularly in those countries that had been invaded.
The post-war period was a particularly difficult one for the Colonial Service, with independence movements springing up around the Empire, and it welcomed applications from the Dominions.
[1] From 1954 to 1955 Allan was attached to the Western Pacific High Commission's Secretariat (Finance and Development).
Appointed to the Special Lands Commission from 1956 to 1957, member and Secretary BSIP Agriculture and Industry Loans Board (1956–1957), Secretary for Protectorate Affairs (1957–1958), Chairman BSIP Copra Marketing Board (1957–1958), and UK member of the South Pacific Commission Research Council (1958).