Sir William Ernest Dunk, CBE (1897–1984) was a senior official in the Australian Public Service.
[1] He joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1914 as a Clerk in the Auditor-General's Office.
[1] He rose to hold positions including the Assistant Secretary for War Administration in the Department of the Treasury and Director of Reciprocal Land Lease in the Department of External Affairs.
[3] In 1947, Dunk was appointed chairman of the Public Service Board, succeeding commissioner Frank Thorpe.
[4] Well ahead of time, in October 1959, Dunk advised the Australian Government that he wished to retire in early 1961.