List of Royal Australian Navy admirals
The following is a list of Australians who have attained admiral rank within the Royal Australian Navy (RAN); that is, officers who have held the rank of admiral (four-star rank), vice admiral (three-star rank) or rear admiral (two-star rank). The Commonwealth Naval Forces were established on 1 March 1901, following the Federation of Australia, as Australia's naval force. The service was reorganised and re-titled as the RAN in 1911. William Creswell, regarded as the "father" of the RAN, was the service's first member to attain flag rank on being promoted to rear admiral in 1911; he later also became the first vice admiral (1922). In 1936, Sir George Hyde became the first officer to be promoted to full admiral, one of only six members of the RAN to attain this rank as of July 2023. A further 29 individuals have reached vice admiral in the RAN and 136 rear admiral. Five officers have additionally retired with the honorary rank of rear admiral.
Admirals
[edit]- A dash (—) in the "Died" column indicates that the person is still living.
The rank of admiral is the most senior rank within the RAN to which, excluding ceremonial appointments, any officer has been promoted. Only the five-star rank of admiral of the fleet is higher, but it has been held in only a ceremonial capacity. As there are currently no appointments in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) at the five-star level, there is no prospect of a RAN officer achieving the rank in a professional (i.e. non-ceremonial) capacity. With the current structure of the ADF, the rank of admiral is held only when an officer of the RAN is appointed as Chief of the Defence Force. There was, however, an exception to this when Michael Hudson was promoted to admiral on the day of his retirement in 1991 by Prime Minister Bob Hawke in recognition of his six years of service as Chief of the Naval Staff.
Admirals of the RAN are as follows:
Name | Born | Died | Date promoted | Senior command(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Barrie | 1946 | — |
4 July 1998 | Chief of the Defence Force (1998–02), Vice Chief of the Defence Force (1997–98) | [1] |
Alan Beaumont | 1934 | 2004 | 17 April 1993 | Chief of the Defence Force (1993–95), Vice Chief of the Defence Force (1989–92) | [2] |
Michael Hudson | 1933 | 2005 | 8 March 1991 | Chief of Naval Staff (1985–91), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1982–83) | [3] |
Sir George Hyde | 1877 | 1937 | 12 July 1936 | First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board (1931–37), Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron (1926–29) | [4] |
Sir Victor Smith | 1913 | 1998 | 23 November 1970 | Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (1970–75), Chief of Naval Staff (1968–70), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1966–67) | [5] |
Sir Anthony Synnot | 1922 | 2001 | 21 April 1979 | Chief of the Defence Force Staff (1979–82), Chief of Naval Staff (1976–79) | [6] |
Vice admirals
[edit]- A dash (—) in the "Died" column indicates that the person is still living.
This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the vice admiral is still a serving member of the RAN.
Vice admiral is the highest permanent rank in the RAN. The rank of vice admiral is always held by the Chief of Navy, though is also held when a RAN officer is appointed as Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Chief of Joint Operations, Chief of Joint Capabilities or an equivalent position.
Vice admirals of the RAN are as follows:
Name | Born | Died | Date promoted | Senior command(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Barrett | 1959 | — |
24 June 2014 | Chief of Navy (2014–18), Commander Australian Fleet (2011–14), Commander Border Protection Command (2010–11) | [7] |
Sir Henry Burrell | 1904 | 1988 | 24 February 1959 | First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board (1959–62), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1958–59; 1955–56) | [8] |
Donald Chalmers | 1942 | — |
July 1997 | Chief of Navy (1997—99), Maritime Commander Australia (1993–95) | [9] |
Sir William Clarkson | 1859 | 1934 | 1 November 1922[Note 1] | Third Naval Member (1911–22) | [10][11] |
Sir John Collins | 1899 | 1989 | 10 May 1950 | First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board (1948–55), Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron (1945–46; 1944) | [12] |
Russ Crane | 1954 | — |
July 2008 | Chief of Navy (2008–11), Deputy Chief of Navy (2006–08) | [13] |
Sir William Creswell | 1852 | 1933 | 1 September 1922[Note 2] | First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board (1911–19), Director, Commonwealth Naval Forces (1904–11) | [14][15] |
Sir Roy Dowling | 1901 | 1969 | 7 June 1955 | Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (1959–61), First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board (1955–59) | [16] |
Ray Griggs | 1961 | — |
June 2011 | Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2014–18), Chief of Navy (2011–14) | [17] |
Mark Hammond* | — |
— |
July 2022 | Chief of Navy (2022–), Commander Australian Fleet (2020–22), Deputy Chief of Navy (2018–20) | [18] |
Sir Hastings Harrington | 1906 | 1965 | 24 February 1962 | First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board (1962–65), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1959–62) | [19] |
David Johnston* | 1962 | — |
20 May 2014 | Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2018–), Chief of Joint Operations (2014–18) | [20] |
Peter Jones | 1957 | — |
November 2011 | Chief Capability Development Group (2011–14) | [21] |
Ian Knox | 1933 | — |
3 July 1987 | Vice Chief of the Defence Force (1987–89), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1985–87), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1984) | [22] |
David Leach | 1928 | 2020 | 21 April 1982 | Chief of Naval Staff (1982–85), Chief of Naval Personnel (1989–82), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1979–80) | [23] |
Ian MacDougall | 1938 | 2020 | 9 March 1991 | Chief of Naval Staff (1991–94), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1990–91), Maritime Commander Australia (1989–90) | [24] |
Sir Alan McNicoll | 1908 | 1987 | 24 February 1965 | Chief of Naval Staff (1965–68), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1962–64) | [25] |
Stuart Mayer | 1965 | — |
18 July 2019 | Deputy Commander United Nations Command (2019–21) | [26] |
Jonathan Mead* | 1964 | — |
November 2020 | Chief of the Nuclear-Powered Submarine Task Force (2021–), Chief of Joint Capabilities (2020–21), Commander Australian Fleet (2018–20) | [27] |
Michael Noonan | 1966 | — |
July 2018 | Chief of Navy (2018–22), Deputy Chief of Navy (2016–18), Commander Border Protection Command (2013–16) | [28] |
Sir Richard Peek | 1914 | 2010 | 23 November 1970 | First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board (1970–73), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1967–68), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1965–67) | [29] |
Chris Ritchie | 1949 | — |
July 2002 | Chief of Navy (2002–05), Deputy Chief of Navy (1999–00), Maritime Commander Australia (1997–99) | [30] |
David Shackleton | 1948 | — |
July 1999 | Chief of Navy (1999–02) | [31] |
Russ Shalders | 1951 | — |
July 2002 | Chief of Navy (2005–08), Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2002–05) | [32] |
Sir David Stevenson | 1918 | 1998 | November 1973 | First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board (1973–76), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1970–71, 1972), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1968–70) | [33] |
Rodney Taylor | 1940 | 2002 | March 1994 | Chief of Navy (1997), Chief of Naval Staff (1994–97), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1991–94) | [34] |
Matt Tripovich | 1956 | — |
28 September 2007 | Chief Capability Development Group (2007–10), Head Capability Systems (2005–07) | [35] |
Robert Walls | 1941 | — |
April 1995 | Vice Chief of the Defence Force (1995–97), Assistant Chief of Defence Force (Development) (1994–95), Maritime Commander Australia (1991–93), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1991) | [36] |
Sir James Willis | 1923 | 2003 | 21 April 1979 | Chief of Naval Staff (1979–82), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1978–79) | [Note 3][38] |
Rear admirals
[edit]- A dash (—) in the "Died" column indicates that the person is still living.
This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the rear admiral is still a serving member of the RAN.
This along with the + (plus) indicates that the officer retired with the honorary rank of rear admiral.
William Creswell was the first officer, on 1 March 1911, to attain the rank of rear admiral in the RAN. Creswell had started his career in the Royal Navy but, after immigrating to the Australian colonies, joined the South Australian Naval Forces in 1885. He transferred to the Commonwealth Naval Forces following the Federation of Australia in 1901 and became the RAN's first Director and, subsequently, First Naval Member; he is widely regarded as the "father" of the RAN.[15] Percival McNeil, however, was the first rear admiral of the RAN (on promotion in 1934) to have been born in Australia and Robyn Walker, promoted in 2011, was the first woman to attain flag rank in the RAN.[39][40]
Rear admirals of the RAN are as follows:
Name | Born | Died | Date promoted | Senior command(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Adams | 1952 | — |
June 2000 | Head Defence Personnel Executive (2002–05), Deputy Chief of Navy (2000–02) | [41] |
Geoffrey Bayliss | 1937 | 2022 | 31 July 1987 | Director General Naval Health Services (1987–89) | [Note 4][43] |
Otto Becher | 1908 | 1977 | 7 January 1960 | Flag Officer-in-Charge East Australia Area (1965–66), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1964–65), Head of the Australian Joint Services Staff, London (1962–63), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1959–62; 1952–54) | [44] |
George Bennett | 1926 | 1996 | 12 February 1979 | Chief of Naval Technical Services (1979–80) | [45] |
Nigel Berlyn | 1934 | 2022 | September 1984 | General Manager, HMA Dockyard Garden Island (1984–90) | [46] |
Mark Bonser | 1952 | — |
30 July 2001 | Head of the Military Justice Implementation Team (2006–08), Commander, Australian Defence College (2004–06), Commander Australian Theatre (2002–04), Director General Coast Watch (2001–02) | [47] |
Sir Leighton Bracegirdle | 1881 | 1970 | 31 May 1945 | Military and Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia (1931–47) | [48] |
Peter Briggs | 1945 | — |
November 1993 | Head Submarine Capability Team (1999–01), Head Strategic Command Division (1997–99), Flag Officer Naval Training Command (1993–97) | [49] |
Herbert Buchanan+ | 1902 | 1965 | 10 March 1957 | Flag Officer-in-Charge East Australia Area (1955–57) | [50] |
Matthew Buckley* | — |
— |
2022 | Head of Capability Nuclear-Powered Submarine Task Force (2022–) | [51] |
Ronald Calder | 1930 | 2014 | May 1983 | Chief of Naval Engineering (1983–87) | [52] |
David Campbell | 1945 | — |
1993 | Head of Strategic Logistics (1997), Naval Support Commander (1995–97), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1993–95) | [53] |
Mark Campbell | — |
— |
2010 | Head Navy Capability (2012–15), Head Helicopter Systems Division (2010–12) | [54] |
William Carr | 1883 | 1966 | 7 March 1946 | Director of Naval Medical Services (1932–46) | [55] |
Anthony Carwardine | 1938 | — |
18 January 1988 | Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy (1993–95), Head of Australian Defence Staff – Washington (1989–92), Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel) (1988–89) | [56] |
Bryan Castles | 1915 | 2006 | 15 March 1969 | Chief of Naval Technical Services (1969–72) | [57] |
Henry Priaulx Cayley | 1877 | 1942 | 7 August 1931 | Naval Representative at the Australian High Commission, London (1929–31) | [58] |
Charles Clark | 1902 | 1965 | 15 September 1953 | Chief of Construction (1953–59) | [59] |
Peter Clarke | 1951 | — |
September 2001 | Head of Knowledge Systems (2001–03) | [60] |
Nigel Coates | 1959 | 2010 | July 2007 | Commander Australian Fleet (2007–09) | [61] |
Robert Coplans | 1911 | 1989 | 26 May 1967[Note 5] | Director-General of RAN Medical Services (1964–71) | [62] |
John Cotsell | 1916 | 2006 | 31 October 1972 | Director General Naval Health Services (1975–76), Director-General of RAN Medical Services (1972–75) | [63] |
Gordon Crabb | 1917 | 2001 | 7 July 1966[Note 6] | Second Naval Member and Chief of Naval Supply and Works (1972–73), Flag Officer Commanding East Australian Area (1970–71), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1968–70), Head of Australian Defence Staff – Washington (1966–68) | [64][65] |
Ian Crawford | 1931 | — |
27 November 1984 | Chief of Supply (1984–89) | [66] |
William Crossley | 1930 | — |
3 January 1984 | Chief of Naval Personnel (1984–86) | [67] |
Simon Cullen | 1959 | — |
2010 | Deputy Director of Operations, United States Central Command (2010–14) | [68] |
John Davidson | 1924 | 2021 | 5 April 1977 | Head of Australian Defence Staff – Washington (1979–82), Flag Officer Commanding East Australian Area (1977–79) | [69] |
Karel de Laat | 1949 | — |
17 December 2007 | Head Cadet Policy (2007–09) | [70] |
Ken Doolan | 1939 | — |
9 January 1989 | Assistant Chief of the Defence Force (Development) (1991–93), Maritime Commander Australia (1990–91), Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Development) and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1989–90) | [71] |
Bill Dovers | 1951 | — |
1 March 1999 | Support Commander (Navy) (1999–00) | [Note 7][72] |
William John Dovers | 1918 | 2007 | 11 December 1967 | Flag Officer Commanding East Australia Area (1973–75), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1973), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1971–73), Director Joint Services Plans (1968–71), Second Naval Member and Chief of Personnel (1967–68) | [Note 8][73] |
Alec Doyle | 1888 | 1984 | 25 September 1943 | Third Naval Member and Chief of Construction (1943–48) | [74] |
Peter Doyle | 1925 | 2007 | 24 January 1977 | Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1981–82), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1980–81), Chief of Joint Operations and Plans (1979–80), Chief of Naval Materiel (1977–79) | [75] |
Allan du Toit | 1957 | — |
2008 | Australian Military Representative to NATO and the European Union (2013–16), Head of Navy Capability (2012), Head Navy People and Reputation (2010–12), Commander Border Protection Command (2008–10) | [76] |
Rachel Durbin* | — |
— |
March 2023 | Head Navy Engineering (2023–) | [77] |
Jonathan Earley* | — |
— |
2022 | Deputy Chief of Navy (2022–), Commander Australian Fleet (2022) | [78] |
Harold Farncomb | 1899 | 1971 | 8 January 1947 | Head of Australian Defence Staff – Washington (1949–51), Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron (1946–49) | [79] |
Charles Farquhar-Smith | 1888 | 1968 | 29 January 1948[Note 9] | Naval Officer in Charge Hobart (1943–44), District Naval Officer Hobart (1942–43) | [80] |
Henry Feakes | 1876 | 1950 | 3 September 1933[Note 10] | Captain Superintendent of Naval Establishments and Captain-in-Charge, New South Wales (1931–33) | [81] |
Jennifer Firman* | 1958 | — |
February 2015 | Surgeon General Australia Defence Force Reserve (2015–) | [82] |
Murray Forrest | 1942 | — |
April 1995 | Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel) (1995–97) | [83] |
Galfry Gatacre | 1907 | 1983 | 7 July 1958 | Flag Officer-in-Charge East Australia Area (1962–64), Second Naval Member and Chief of Naval Personnel (1962), Head of Australian Defence Staff – Washington (1960–62), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1959), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1957–59; 1948–51) | [84] |
Raydon Gates | 1952 | — |
January 2001 | Head of Australian Defence Staff – Washington (2004–08), Maritime Commander Australia (2002–04), Commander, Australian Defence College (2001–02) | [85] |
Frank George | 1910 | 1992 | 28 February 1963 | Third Naval Member and Chief of Naval Technical Services (1963–67) | [86] |
Steve Gilmore | 1961 | — |
June 2008 | Head of Australian Defence Staff – Washington (2014–17), Deputy Chief of Joint Operations (2011–13), Commander Australian Fleet (2009–11), Head Navy People and Reputation (2009), Commander Navy Systems Command (2007–09) | [87] |
Geoffrey Gladstone | 1921 | 1999 | 1 June 1971 | Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1975–77), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1974–75), Head of the Australian Defence Staff – London (1971–73) | [88] |
Harold Glass | 1918 | 1989 | 6 August 1980[Note 11] | Judge Advocate General for the Navy (1978–83) | [89] |
Lee Goddard | 1968 | — |
2019 | Commander Maritime Border Command and Commander Operation Sovereign Borders (2019–20) | [90] |
James Goldrick | 1958 | 2023 | May 2006 | Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy (2011–12), Commander Joint Education, Training and Warfare (2008–11), Commander Boarder Protection Command (2006–08) | [91] |
William Graham | 1916 | 1993 | 7 January 1967[Note 12] | Flag Officer Commanding East Australian Area (1972–73), Fourth Naval Member and Chief of Supply (1966–72) | [92] |
Guy Griffiths | 1923 | 2024 | 30 June 1976 | Flag Officer Naval Support Command (1979–80), Chief of Naval Personnel (1976–79) | [93] |
Adam Grunsell | — |
— |
9 December 2015 | Head of Maritime Systems (2015–18) | [94] |
Nicholas Hammond | 1945 | 2003 | 14 December 1992 | Assistant Chief of Naval Staff - Materiel (1992–95) | [95] |
Max Hancock | 1956 | — |
June 2002 | Deputy Chief of Navy (2004–06), Director General Coast Watch (2002–04) | [96] |
David Harries | 1903 | 1980 | 7 July 1954[Note 13] | Flag Officer-in-Charge East Australia Area (1958–60), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1956–57), Head of Australian Defence Staff – Washington (1953–55) | [99] |
Simon Harrington | 1948 | — |
July 1997 | Head of Australian Defence Staff – Washington (1999–02), Support Commander (Navy) (1997–99) | [100] |
Jaimie Hatcher | 1967 | — |
11 December 2017 | Deputy Chief of Joint Operations (2019–21), Head of Military Strategic Commitments (2019), Commander Joint Task Force 633 (2018–19) | [101] |
Mark Hill | — |
— |
November 2020[Note 14] | Commander Maritime Border Command (2020–22), Commander Joint Task Force 633 (2019–20) | [102] |
David Holthouse | 1936 | 2013 | 1 June 1986 | Naval Support Commander (1991–93), Chief of Naval Personnel (1989–91), Chief Naval Engineer (1988–89), Assistant Chief of Naval Staff - Logistics (1987–88), Chief of Naval Engineering (1987), Head of Australian Defence Staff – Washington (1985–87) | [103] |
Tony Horton | 1934 | — |
7 August 1986 | Flag Officer Naval Support Command (1988–91), Chief of Naval Personnel (1986–88) | [104] |
Owen Hughes | 1935 | 2014 | 4 August 1986 | Director RAN Submarine Project (1986–93) | [105][106] |
Stephen Hughes* | — |
— |
December 2022 | Head Navy Capability (2022–) | [107] |
Anthony Hunt | 1938 | — |
21 August 1989 | Assistant Chief of Naval Staff - Materiel (1989–93) | [108] |
Trevor Jones | — |
— |
November 2009 | Commander Joint Task Force 633 (2014–16), Head Military Strategic Commitments (2013–14), Deputy Chief of Navy (2011–13), Head Navy People and Reputation (2009–11) | [109] |
Bruce Kafer | 1959 | — |
December 2016 | Head Cadet, Reserve & Employer Support Division (2016–18) | [110] |
Philip Kennedy | 1931 | 2011 | 2 July 1984 | Chief of Naval Operational Requirements and Plans (1984–87) | [111] |
Richard Lamacraft | 1948 | — |
January 1999 | Head Systems Acquisitions (Maritime & Ground) (1999–01) | [112] |
Peter Laver | — |
— |
2015 | Commander Maritime Border Command (2016–19) | [113] |
Colin Lawrence | — |
— |
5 December 2016 | Head Navy Engineering (2016–21) | [114] |
Stephen Lloyd | 1923 | 1994 | May 1976 | Director General Naval Health Services (1976–81) | [115] |
Lionel Lockwood | 1902 | 1987 | 12 March 1955 | Director of Naval Medical Services (1955–64) | [116] |
Robert Loosli | 1926 | 2016 | 3 July 1979 | Chief of Naval Operational Requirements and Plans (1979–81) | [117] |
John Lord | 1949 | — |
11 February 1997 | Maritime Commander Australia (1999–00), Head Joint Education and Training (1998–99), Commander Naval Training (1997–98) | [118] |
James Lybrand* | — |
— |
31 July 2023 | Commander, Australian Defence College (2023–) | [119] |
Daryall Lynam | 1926 | 2017 | 30 July 1979 | Chief of Naval Technical Services (1980–83), Chief of the Service Laboratories and Trials Division (1979–80) | [120] |
Wendy Malcolm* | — |
— |
7 December 2018 | Head Patrol Boats & Specialist Ships (2022–), Head Maritime Systems (2018–22) | [121] |
Peter Marshall | 1962 | — |
January 2010 | Head of Maritime Systems (2010–14) | [122] |
Sir David Martin | 1933 | 1990 | 4 July 1982 | Flag Officer, Naval Support Command (1984–88), Chief of Naval Personnel (1982–84) | [123] |
Neil McDonald | 1922 | 2014 | 11 February 1975 | Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1978–79), Flag Officer Commanding the Australian Fleet (1977–78), Flag Officer Commanding East Australian Area (1975–77) | [124] |
Alan McFarlane | 1919 | 2012 | 2 September 1973 | Chief of Naval Personnel (1974–76), Chief of Naval Supply and Works (1973–74) | [125] |
Percival McNeil | 1883 | 1951 | 30 June 1934 | Third Naval Member and Chief of Naval Construction (1940–43), Director of Engineering (Naval) (1931–40) | [39] |
Jack Mesley | 1910 | 1987 | 7 July 1965[Note 15] | Second Naval Member and Chief of Naval Personnel (1965–67) | [127] |
Rowan Moffitt | 1955 | — |
2002 | Head of the Future Submarine Program (2009–14), Deputy Chief of Joint Operations (2005–08), Maritime Commander Australia (2004–05), Deputy Chief of Navy (2002–04) | [128] |
George Dunbar Moore+ | 1893 | 1979 | 9 June 1950[Note 16] | Flag Officer in Command New South Wales (1947–50), Naval Officer-in-Charge Sydney (1944–47) | [131] |
Thomas Morrison | 1911 | 1983 | 7 January 1962 | Flag Officer-in-Charge East Australia Area (1966–68), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1965–66), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1962–65) | [132] |
Ian Murray* | — |
— |
June 2019 | Head of Australian Defence Staff – Washington (2023–), Acting Chief of Joint Capabilities (2021–22), Commander Joint Logistics (2019–21) | [133][134] |
Sir Brian Murray | 1921 | 1991 | 15 November 1975 | Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1975–78) | [135] |
Brynmor Mussared | 1917 | 1995 | 1 March 1971 | Third Naval Member and Chief of Naval Technical Services (1972–74), Project Director of the Light Destroyer Project (1971–72) | [136] |
George Oldham+ | 1906 | 1974 | 6 July 1962[Note 17] | Flag Officer-in-Charge East Australia Area (1960–62) | [139] |
Chris Oxenbould | 1946 | — |
4 December 1993 | Deputy Chief of Navy (1997–99), Commander Australian Theatre (1995–97), Maritime Commander Australia (1995–97), Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel) (1993–95) | [140] |
Patrick Perry | 1903 | 1975 | 18 May 1961 | Fourth Naval Member and Chief of Supply (1958–63) | [141] |
Nigel Perry | — |
— |
June 2018 | Summary Discipline Implementation Team (2018–2022) | [142] |
Robert Plath* | — |
— |
28 September 2020 | Commander Defence COVID-19 Taskforce (2021–), Commander Joint Task Force 629 (2020–21) | [143] |
Cuthbert Pope | 1887 | 1959 | 26 September 1946[Note 18] | Flag Officer in Charge New South Wales and Admiral Superintendent – Sydney (1946) | [145] |
Denis Pritchard | 1895 | 1955 | 20 March 1952 | Director of Naval Medical Services (1946–55) | [146] |
Mark Purcell | — |
— |
3 December 2012 | Head Maritime Systems (2012–16) | [Note 19][148] |
Peter Purcell | 1942 | — |
1994 | Head Systems Acquisition (Maritime and Ground Systems) (1997–99), Chief Naval Engineer and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Materiel) (1994–97) | [Note 20][147] |
Frederick Purves | 1912 | 1997 | 14 March 1967 | Third Naval Member and Chief of Naval Technical Services (1967–69) | [149] |
Peter Quinn | — |
— |
2014 | Head Navy Capability (2017–22), Head Force Integration (2014–17) | [150] |
Neil Ralph | 1932 | — |
22 April 1985 | Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1985–89) | [151] |
Trevor Rapke+ | 1909 | 1978 | 7 May 1964[Note 21] | Judge Advocate General of the Naval Forces (1964–77) | [153][154] |
Maxwell Reed | 1922 | 2017 | 22 January 1974 | Chief of Naval Technical Services (1974–79) | [155] |
Katherine Richards | — |
— |
1 August 2020 | Head Navy Engineering (2021–23) | [Note 22][156] |
Ian Richards | 1930 | 2022 | 15 March 1982 | Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1983–84), Chief of Joint Operations (1982–83) | [157] |
Andrew Robertson | 1925 | 2020 | 24 January 1977[Note 23] | Flag Officer Naval Support Command (1980–82), Head of Australian Defence Staff – London (1976–79) | [160] |
Boyd Robinson | 1956 | — |
June 2007 | Head Maritime Systems (2007–09) | [161] |
Michael Rothwell | — |
— |
December 2017 | Commander Joint Task Force 633 (2020–21), Head of Information Communications Technology Operations (2017–20) | [162] |
William Rourke | 1928 | 2012 | 26 March 1979 | Chief of Naval Materiel (1979–85) | [163] |
Alwynne Rowlands | 1937 | — |
May 1992 | Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force (1992–96) | [164] |
John Rush* | — |
— |
31 July 2021 | Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force (2021–) | [165] |
Trevor Ruting | 1952 | — |
18 February 2004 | Head Maritime Systems (2003–07) | [166] |
Greg Sammut | 1966 | — |
September 2013 | General Manager Submarines (2017–20), Head Future Submarine Program (2013–17) | [167] |
Kevin Scarce | 1952 | — |
December 1999 | Head Maritime Systems (2000–03), Support Commander Australia – Navy (1999–00) | [168] |
Sarah Sharkey* | — |
— |
2 December 2019 | Commander Joint Health Command and Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force (2019–) | [169] |
Graeme Shirtley | 1950 | 2012 | 9 May 2005 | Surgeon General Defence Health Reserves (2008), Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force (2005–08) | [170] |
Henry Showers+ | 1899 | 1991 | 8 February 1955[Note 24] | [172] | |
Peter Sinclair | 1934 | — |
2 July 1984 | Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1989), Maritime Commander Australia (1988–89), Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1987–88), Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy (1984–86) | [173] |
Michael Slattery | 1954 | — |
July 2014 | Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force (2014–21) | [174] |
Christopher Smith* | — |
— |
September 2020 | Commander Australian Fleet (2022–), Deputy Chief of Navy (2020–22) | [175] |
Geoffrey Smith | 1950 | — |
July 1999 | Maritime Commander Australia (2000–02), Deputy Chief of Navy (1999–00) | [176] |
Brett Sonter* | — |
— |
2022 | Deputy Director Maritime Operations, United States Pacific Fleet (2022–) | [177] |
Philip Spedding | — |
— |
23 November 2020 | Head Navy Future Infrastructure (2020–22) | [178] |
John Stevens | 1927 | 2015 | 24 January 1979 | Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1981–82), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1979–81) | [179] |
John Stevenson | 1876 | 1957 | 7 August 1931[Note 25] | Captain Superintendent of Naval Establishments and Captain-in-Charge, New South Wales (1929–31) | [180] |
Edward Stubington | 1941 | — |
30 December 1990 | Assistant Chief of the Defence Force (Personnel) (1992–93), Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel) (1991–92) | [181] |
Rothesay Swan | 1926 | — |
1 June 1978 | Controller of Establishments (1981–83), Director-General of the Natural Disasters Organisation (1978–81) | [182] |
Clinton Thomas | 1959 | — |
November 2012 | Commander Joint Logistics (2012–16) | [183] |
Davyd Thomas | 1956 | — |
July 2005 | Deputy Chief of Navy (2008–11), Commander Joint Education, Training and Warfare (2008), Commander Australian Defence College (2007–08), Commander Australian Flett (2007), Maritime Commander Australia (2005–07) | [184] |
Frederick Tickell | 1857 | 1919 | 1 March 1919 | Director of Auxiliary Forces (1911–19) | [185] |
Brian Treloar | 1927 | 2012 | 2 April 1981 | Director-General Naval Health Services (1981–87) | [186] |
Kenneth Urquhart | 1905 | 1974 | 22 August 1959 | Third Naval Member and Chief of Construction (1959–63) | [187] |
Michael Uzzell | — |
— |
22 July 2011 | Head Navy Engineering (2011–16) | [188] |
Michael van Balen | 1961 | — |
2013 | Deputy Chief of Navy (2013–16) | [189] |
Kaye Vonthethoff | 1930 | 2020 | 15 March 1982 | Head of Australian Defence Staff – London (1984–86), Flag Officer Naval Support Command (1982–84) | [190] |
Robyn Walker | 1959 | — |
14 December 2011 | Commander Joint Health and Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force (2011–15) | [40] |
David Wells | 1918 | 1983 | 31 October 1968[Note 26] | Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1974–75), Commander ANZUK (1971–73), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1970–71), Flag Officer-in-Charge East Australia Area (1968–70) | [192] |
Barrie West | 1934 | — |
6 May 1985 | Chief of Naval Material (1985–89) | [193] |
Alan Willis | 1926 | 1997 | 14 November 1977 | Chief of Naval Personnel (1979–80), Chief of Naval Operational Requirements and Plans (1977–79) | [Note 27][37] |
John Wishart | 1892 | 1968 | 14 September 1947 | Third Naval Member and Chief of Construction (1948–53), Engineer Manager of Garden Island Dockyard (1945–48) | [194] |
Brett Wolski* | — |
— |
December 2015 | Head of the Afghanistan Inquiry Response Task Force (2021–), Head Reserve and Youth Division and Commander Australian Defence Force Cadets (2019–21), Head People Capability (2015–19) | [195] |
Geoffrey Woolrych | 1930 | 2006 | 20 February 1981 | Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1983–85), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1982–83), Chief of Naval Operational Requirements and Plans (1981–82) | [196] |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Engineer Rear Admiral Clarkson was transferred to the Retired List with the rank of engineer vice admiral on 1 November 1922.[10]
- ^ Creswell, who served as First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board from 1911 to 1919, was promoted to vice admiral on the Retired List in 1922.[14]
- ^ Vice Admiral Sir James Willis was the elder brother of Rear Admiral Alan Willis.[37]
- ^ Rear Admiral Geoffrey Bayliss is the father of Rear Admiral Katherine Richards.[42]
- ^ Coplans was promoted acting surgeon rear admiral on 20 April 1965; his rank was made substantive from 26 May 1967.[62]
- ^ Crabb was promoted acting rear admiral on 3 January 1966; his rank was made substantive from 7 July that year.[64]
- ^ Rear Admiral Bill Dovers is the son of Rear Admiral William John Dovers.[72][73]
- ^ Rear Admiral William John Dovers is the father of Rear Admiral Bill Dovers.[72][73]
- ^ Farquhar-Smith was promoted to rear admiral on the Retired List in 1948.[80]
- ^ Feakes was transferred to the Retired List with the rank of rear admiral on 3 September 1933.[81]
- ^ Glass was promoted acting rear admiral on 5 May 1978; his rank was made substantive from 6 August 1980.[89]
- ^ Graham was promoted acting rear admiral on 1 February 1966; his rank was made substantive from 7 January 1967.[92]
- ^ Harries was promoted acting rear admiral on 1 December 1953; his rank was made substantive from 7 July 1954.[97][98]
- ^ Hill was an acting rear admiral from June 2019 to January 2020; he was promoted to substantive rear admiral in November 2020.[102]
- ^ Mesley was promoted acting rear admiral on 24 February 1965; his rank was made substantive on 7 July that year.[126]
- ^ Moore served as an acting rear admiral from 13 September 1944 until his retirement on 9 June 1950.[129][130][131]
- ^ Oldham was promoted to acting rear admiral on 20 June 1960 and transferred to the Retired List with the honorary rank of rear admiral on 6 July 1962.[137][138]
- ^ Pope was transferred to the Retired List with the rank of rear admiral on 26 September 1946.[144]
- ^ Rear Admiral Mark Purcell is the son of Rear Admiral Peter Purcell.[147]
- ^ Rear Admiral Peter Purcell is the father of Rear Admiral Mark Purcell.[147]
- ^ Rapke was made an honorary rear admiral on appointment as Judge Advocate General of the Naval Forces on 7 May 1964.[152][153]
- ^ Rear Admiral Katherine Richards is the daughter of Rear Admiral Geoffrey Bayliss.[42]
- ^ Robertson was promoted acting rear admiral on 27 December 1976; his rank was made substantive on 24 January 1977.[158][159]
- ^ Showers was promoted to acting rear admiral on 10 May 1950 and transferred to the Retired List with the honorary rank of rear admiral on 8 February 1955.[171][172]
- ^ Stevenson was transferred to the Retired List with the rank of rear admiral on 7 August 1931.[180]
- ^ Wells was promoted acting rear admiral on 4 March 1968; his rank was made substantive from 31 October that year.[191]
- ^ Rear Admiral Alan Willis was the younger brother of Vice Admiral Sir James Willis.[37]
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