Lloyd Bott

Lloyd Forrester Bott DSC CBE (8 April 1917 – 8 September 2004) was a senior Australian public servant.

[1] After leaving high school, Bott qualified for the Commonwealth Public Service in 1933 and went to work in the Post Office in Sydney.

[1] He was responsible for the Administration of United States space projects in Australia during the time of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

[6] Bott retired from the public service in 1977, his final appointment being Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, which he had held since December 1975.

[7] Lloyd Bott was honoured with a Distinguished Service Cross in 1945, for his "gallantry, enthusiasm and great devotion to duty while serving in HM MGB 502 in hazardous operations.