Sir Edwin William "Ted" Hicks CBE (9 June 1910 – 14 May 1984) was a senior Australian public servant and diplomat.
[1] He was educated at Haileybury College and Melbourne Grammar School.
[2] Hicks was appointed Secretary of the Department of Air in 1951, and his effectiveness there led to his appointment in 1956 as head of the Department of Defence, succeeding Frederick Shedden, who had been in the role for many years, including for the entire duration of World War II.
[1] Hicks announced that he would retire from the Department of Defence in December 1967, to be appointed Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand from early 1968.
[5] Hicks was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in May 1956 for his service as Secretary of the Department of Air.