Percy Whitton

Percy Whitton ISO (28 January 1861 – 14 March 1923) was a senior Australian public servant.

[1] In 1902, Whitton transferred to the Commonwealth Audit Office and worked under its first Auditor-General John William Israel.

[1] In 1910 he was appointed Collector of Customs for Victoria,[2] a job in which he stayed until 1917 when he became Chief Prices Commissioner under the War Precautions Act.

[4] On 14 March 1923, Whitton suffered a heart attack and died in his sleep at his home on Munro Street, Armadale in Melbourne.

[5] Whitton was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Service Order in June 1918 whilst Commonwealth Collector of Customs in Victoria.