Sir Donald Mackinnon Cleland
Territory administrator
- Born
- 28 June 1901, Coolgardie, Western Australia
- Died
- 27 August 1975, Port Moresby, Papua
- Sex
- Male
- Father
- Elphinstone Davenport Cleland (mine mgr)
- Mother
- Anne Emily Mackinnon
- Married Rachel Evans (DBE 1981)
Legal admissions
| 21 July 1925 | Admitted to practise as a practitioner of the Supreme Court of Western Australia |
Career
- Dir of Federal Secretariat, Liberal Party of Aust 1945.
- Asst Administrator of PNG 1951-53, Administrator 1953-67.
- Chancellor, UPNG 1967-75.
- Knight bachelor 1961.
Military service
- Second World War: Brigadier 2nd AIF (MBE 1942, CBE 1945, MID). Honorary Colonel Pacific Islands Regt 1958.