Guide to the Papers of John Mason, 1945-1984

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 9007
Creator:
John Mason
Extent:
0.34 metres and (3 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of John Mason, National Library of Australia, MS 9007, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Biographical Note:

Soldier, diplomat and businessman. Sir John Charles Moir Mason was born in Manchester, England in 1927. He joined the British Army in 1945, at the age of seventeen, when he began his letters home to his family. The letters cover his active service in India (1946-48) and in Korea (1950-51). In 1952 Mason joined the British Foreign Office and spent the next thirty-two years in the Diplomatic Service. Apart from four periods in the Foreign Office (not represented in the correspondence) Mason's overseas appointments included Second Secretary, British Embassy Rome, 1954-56; Second Secretary, British Embassy Warsaw, 1956-59; First Secretary, Commercial, Damascus, 1961-65; Director of Trade Development and Deputy Consul-General, New York, 1968-71; Ambassador to Israel, 1976-80; and British High Commissioner to Australia, 1980-84. Since 1985 Sir John and Lady Mason (m.1954) have lived in Australia.

Indexed terms

Names:
John Mason

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2825093).
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of John Mason, National Library of Australia, MS 9007, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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