Sir Frederick Geoffrey Shedden KCMG, OBE (8 August 1893 – 8 July 1971) was an Australian public servant who served as Secretary of the Department of Defence from 1937 to 1956.
[1] After placing very high in the Commonwealth Public Service examination, in March 1910 Shedden began his career in the Department of Defence at Victoria Barracks, Melbourne.
[1] In the King's Birthday Honours of June 1933, Shedden was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
[9] Shedden died on 8 July 1971 in St Andrew's Hospital, East Melbourne.
[1] He was the subject of a biography, Defence Supremo written by David Horner and published by Allen & Unwin in 2000.