Background
Meere was born in Daylesford, Victoria on 24 July 1895.
public servant General of Customs
Meere was born in Daylesford, Victoria on 24 July 1895.
He was Comptroller-General of Customs between 1952 and 1960, heading first the Department of Trade and Customs and then the Department of Customs and Excise. He was educated at the Christian Brothers College, Street Kilda. Meere joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1913 in Victoria in the Department of Trade and Customs.
Between 1947 and 1952, Meeres was assistant Comptroller-General of Customs in the Department.
He was promoted to Comptroller-General of Customs in 1952. Meere retired from his Customs position in July 1960, and soon after was appointed a director of Pope Industries Limited, a manufacturing business.
Meere"s first wife, Lady Helena Agnes Meere, died in December 1961. Meere died on 15 April 1985, and a Requiem Mass was held for him at Street Christopher"s Cathedral in Manuka, Canberra.