Tom Critchley

{{Short description|Australian public servant and journalist (1916–2009)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Tom Critchley

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|AO|CBE}}

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| office = Australian Ambassador to Indonesia

| term_start = 1978

| term_end = 1981

| monarch = Elizabeth II

| primeminister = Malcolm Fraser

| predecessor = Richard Woolcott

| successor = Rawdon Dalrymple

| office2 = Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea

| term_start2 = 1974

| term_end2 = 1978

| monarch2 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister2 = Gough Whitlam (1974–75)
Malcolm Fraser (1975–78)

| predecessor2 = Les Johnson

| successor2 = Gerry Nutter

| office3 = Australian Ambassador to Thailand

| term_start3 = 1969

| term_end3 = 1973

| monarch3 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister3 = John Gorton (1969–71)
William McMahon (1971–72)
Gough Whitlam (1972–73)

| predecessor3 = David McNicol

| successor3 = D.C. Goss

| office4 = Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia

| term_start4 = 1955

| term_end4 = 1965

| monarch4 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister4 = Sir Robert Menzies

| predecessor4 = Position established

| successor4 = Allan Eastman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|01|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|07|14|1916|01|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Sydney, New South Wales

| spouse = {{marriage| Joyce Gwendolyn Hews| Jan 1946| Feb 1954}} {{marriage|Susan Cappell|1962|14 July 2009}}

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| profession =

| alma_mater = University of Sydney

| awards = Officer of the Order of Australia
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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| allegiance = Australia

| branch = Royal Australian Air Force (1941)
Second Australian Imperial Force (1941–44)

| serviceyears = 1941–1944

| rank = Lieutenant

| unit =

| commands =

| battles = Second World War

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Thomas Kingston Critchley, {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|sep=,|AO|CBE}} (27 January 1916 – 14 July 2009) was an Australian public servant, diplomat, author and journalist.{{cite press release|url=http://indonesia.embassy.gov.au/jakt/MR09_065.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324031306/http://www.indonesia.embassy.gov.au/jakt/MR09_065.html|archivedate=24 March 2015|title=Death of Great Australian Diplomat|date=28 July 2009|first=Bill|last=Farmer|author-link=Bill Farmer (public servant)}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08/22/tom-critchley-defender-indonesia%E2%80%99s-independence.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630145826/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08/22/tom-critchley-defender-indonesia%E2%80%99s-independence.html|archivedate=30 June 2015|title=Tom Critchley: Defender of Indonesia's independence|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|date=22 August 2009|first=Sabam P.|last=Siagian}}{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/supported-asian-independence-20090724-dw8p.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909161909/http://www.theage.com.au/national/supported-asian-independence-20090724-dw8p.html|archivedate=9 September 2015|newspaper=The Age|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=25 July 2009|title=Supported Asian independence|first=Tony|last=Stephens}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105874055|title=Critchley honoured|date=22 November 1965|page=1|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105873244|title=Replacing Mr Critchley: Transfer leaves diplomatic void|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT|date=17 November 1965|page=15}}