Keith Officer was born on 2 October 1889 in Toorak, Melbourne.
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Between 1914 and 1918, Officer served with the First Australian Imperial Force in Egypt, Gallipoli, France and Belgium.
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From 1919 to 1923, Keith Officer was a political officer of the British Colonial Service in Nigeria.
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Keith Officer joined the Australian Department of External Affairs in 1927.
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In 1940, Keith Officer was appointed counsellor to the Australian legation in Japan, second in command to Sir John Latham.
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Keith Officer was Charge d'Affaires in Tokyo when the Pacific War broke out.
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Between 1946 and 1948, Keith Officer was Australian Minister to the Netherlands.
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Keith Officer was offered the post of Australian Minister to Moscow in 1947.
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In 1948, Keith Officer was appointed Australian Ambassador to the Republic of China.
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Keith Officer was recalled from Nanjing in November 1949 to consult with the Department of External Affairs on the recognition by the United Kingdom of the Communist Government in China.
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Between 1950 and 1955 Keith Officer was Australian Ambassador to France.
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Keith Officer was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1919.