The Hon. R. G. Casey , D.S.O.,
M.C.
(Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia)
The Hon. R. G. Casey has been Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia since 1935, and a Member of the Australian Federal Parliament since 1931, acting for two years as Assistant Federal Treasurer. He served with the greatest distinction in the European War, in both Gallipoli and France, from 1914 to the Armistice. He was Foreign Affairs Officer at Canberra in 1927 and Liaison Officer between the Australian Government and the Foreign Office from 1924 to 1927 and again from 1927 to 1931.