List of Australian admirals

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This is a list of Australian admirals.

The following is an incomplete list of people who have attained admiral rank within the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Key[]

Abbrev. Year of event Abbrev. Period in position (or in one of its predecessor positions)
Born Year of birth DCN Period served as Deputy Chief of Navy
CDRE Year appointed Commodore COMAUSFLT Period served as Commander Australian Fleet
RADM Year appointed Rear Admiral CN Period served as Chief of Navy
VADM Year appointed Vice Admiral 3* Period(s) served as a joint 3*, viz: VCDF and/or CCDG[1] and/or CJOPS[2]
ADML Year appointed Admiral CDF Period served as Chief of the Defence Force
Ret'd If not preceded by death, year retired from the RAN Died Year of death

List[]

This list is sorted by surname.
  This indicates that the admiral is still a serving member of the RAN.
  This indicates that the admiral is still living.

Rank Name Post-
nom(s)		 Born CDRE RADM VADM ADML Ret'd Died DCN COM
AUS
FLT		  CN   3*  CDF Notes
RADM AO 1952 1998 2000 - - 2005 00-02 - - - - bio
VADM Tim Barrett AO, CSC 1959 2010 2014 - - 11-14 14-> - - bio
ADML Chris Barrie AC 1945 1992 1995 1997 1998 2002 95-97 - - 97-98 98-02 bio
RADM AM 1937 1974 1987 - - 1989 - - - - - bio
ADML Alan Beaumont AC 1934 1982 1986 1989 1993 1995 2004 - - - 89-92 93-95 bio
RADM Otto Becher CBE, DSO, 1908 1952 1959 - - 1966 1977 52-54
59-61		 64-65 - - - bio
RADM OBE 1926 - - 1981 1996 - - - - - bio
RADM Nigel Berlyn AO 1934 1984 - - 1987 - - - - - bio
RADM Mark Bonser AO, CSC 1952 1997 2001 - - - - - - - bio
RADM Sir Leighton Bracegirdle KCVO, CMG, DSO 1881 1945 - - 1945 1970 - - - - - bio
RADM AO, CSC 1945 1989 1993 - - 2001 - - - - - bio
RADM CBE, DSO 1902 1949 1957 - - 1957 1965 45-46 - - - - bio
VADM Sir Henry Burrell KBE, CB 1904 1955 1959 - 1962 1988 46-48
54		 55-56
58-59		 59-62 - - bio
RADM AO 1930 1980 1983 - - 1987 - - - - - bio
RADM AM 1945 1992 1993 - - 1997 94-95 - - - - bio
RADM CSC - - - - - - - bio
RADM William Carr CBE 1883 1932 1946 - - 1946 1966 - - - - - bio
RADM Anthony Carwardine AO 1938 - - 1998 - - - - - bio
RADM CBE 1915 1962 1969 - - 1972 2006 - - - - - bio
RADM Henry Cayley 1877 - - 1931 1942 - - - - - bio
VADM Donald Chalmers AO 1942 1989 1990 1997 - 1999 - 93-95 97-99 95-97 - bio [3]
RADM OBE, DSC, CB 1902 1953 - - 1959 1965 - - - - - bio
RADM 1951 - - - - - - - bio
VADM Sir William Clarkson KBE, CMG 1859 1911 1916 1923 - 1923 1934 - - - - - bio [4]
RADM Nigel Coates AM 1959 2003 2007 - - - 2010 - 07-09 - - - bio
VADM Sir John Collins KBE, CB 1899 1942 1948 - 1955 1989 - 44
45-46		 48-55 - - bio [5]
ADML Sir Ragnar Colvin KBE, CB 1882 1929 1934 1937 1941 1954 - - 37-41 - - bio
RADM CBE 1911 1965 - - 1971 1989 - - - - - bio
RADM 1916 2006
RADM CBE, DSC 1917 2001
VADM Sir John Crace KBE, CB 1887 1968 - 39-42
VADM Russ Crane AO, CSM 1954 2000 2004 2008 - 2011 06-08 - 08-11 - - bio
RADM AO 1930 bio
VADM Sir William Creswell KCMG, KBE 1852 1904 1911 1922 - 1919 1933 - - 04-19
RADM AO 1930 1978 1984 - - 1986 - - - - - bio
RADM Cullen, Simon
RADM Cumberlege, Claude Lionel
RADM 1924 2021[6]
RADM 1949
RADM Ken Doolan AO 1939 1989 - - 1993 89-90 90-91
RADM Bill Dovers CSC 1951 - -
RADM CBE, DSC 1918 - - 2007 73-75
VADM Sir Roy Dowling KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO 1901 1950 1953 1955 - 1961 1969 43-44 53-55 55-59 - 59-61
RADM 1888 1984
RADM Peter Doyle AO, OBE 1924 - - 2007 81-82
RADM Allan du Toit 1957 - - - - - - -
RADM Dumaresq, John Saumerez
RADM Harold Farncomb CB, DSO, MVO 1899 1944 1947 - - 1951 1971 - 44-45
46-49
RADM 1888 1968
RADM 1876 1950
RADM 1942 - - - - - - -
RADM Galfry Gatacre DSO, 1907 - - 1983 48-51
57-59		 ADB bio
RADM Raydon Gates CSM 1952 - - - - - - -
ADML Sir Ernest Gaunt KBE 1865 1913 1940
ADML Sir Guy Gaunt KCMG 1870 1953
RADM 1910 1992
RADM Steve Gilmore AM, CSC 1961 2005 2008 2017 bio
RADM AO, 1921 - - 1999 74-75
RADM Hon. Justice Harold Glass AO, RFD 1918 1989
VADM Glossop, John Collings Taswell
RADM Lee Goddard 1968 2014 2018
RADM James Goldrick AO, CSC 2006
RADM 1916 1993
RADM AO, DSO, DSC 1923 - - - - - - -
VADM Ray Griggs AO, CSC 1961 2006 2009 2011 2014 2018 - - 11-> - - bio
RADM 1945 2003
RADM AM 1956 04-06
RADM CBE 1903 1980 44-45
RADM 1948 - - - - - - -
VADM Sir Wilfred Hastings Harrington KBE, CB, DSO 1906 1957 1962 - 1965 1965 - 59-62 62-65
RADM 1936 - - - - - - -
RADM 1934 - - - - - - -
ADML Michael Hudson AC 1933 1982 1985 1991 1991 2005 - 82-83 85-91 [7]
RADM 1935 - - 1993 2014 - - - - -
RADM 1938 - - - - - - -
ADML Sir George Hyde KCB, CVO, CBE 1877 1926 1928 1932 1936 - 1937 - 26-29 31-37 [8]
RADM - - - - - - -
VADM David Johnston 2011 2014 - - - 2014- - bio
VADM Peter Jones AO, DSC bio
RADM Trevor Jones AO, DSC, CSC 11 -> bio
RADM 1931 - - - - - - -
RADM King, Philip Parker
VADM Ian Knox AO 1933 1981 1984 1987 - 1989 84 85-86 - 87-89
RADM 1948 - - - - - - -
RADM AM 2010 2015 - - - - - - - [9]bio
VADM David Leach AC, CBE, LVO 1928 1975 1979 1982 - 1985 2020 - 79-80 82-85
RADM 1923 1994
RADM 1902 1987
RADM 1926
RADM John Lord AM 1949 - - - - - - -
RADM 1926 - - - - - - -
VADM Ian MacDougall AC, AFSM 1938 1985 1989 1991 - 1994 2020 90-91 89-90 91-94 [10]
RADM AM - - - - - - - bio
RADM Sir David James Martin KCMG, AO 1933 1990
RADM AO 1922 - - - - - - -
RADM 1919 - - - - - - -
RADM 1883 1951
VADM Sir Alan McNicoll KBE, CB, GM 1908 1958 1965 - 1968 1987 51-52 62-64 65-68 bio
RADM LVO, DSC 1910 1987
RADM AM 1955 - - - - - - -
RADM George Dunbar Moore 1893 1979
ADML Moresby, John
RADM CBE, DSC 1911 1983
RADM Sir Brian Murray KCMG, AO 1921 - - 1978 1991 75-78
RADM CBE 1917 1995 - - - - - bio
RADM Michael Noonan AM 2013
RADM 1906 1974
RADM AO 1946 - - - - - - -
VADM Sir Richard Peek KBE, CB, DSC 1914 1965 1970 - 1973 2010 65-66 67-68 70-73
RADM 1903 1975
RADM 1887 1959
RADM 1895 1955
RADM 1942 - - - - - - -
RADM 1912 1997
RADM AO, DSC 1932 - - - - - - -
RADM 1909 1978
RADM 1922 - - - - - - -
RADM 1930 - - - - - - - bio
VADM Chris Ritchie AO 1949 1997 2001 - 2005 99 97-99 02-05 01-02 - [11]
RADM AO, DSC 1925 1980 - - 1982 2020 - - - - - [12][13]
RADM 1956 - - - - - - -
RADM 1928 - - - - - - -
RADM AO 1937 1992 - - - - - - - bio
RADM 1952 - - - - - - -
RADM Kevin Scarce AC, CSC 1952 1997 1999 - - 2003 - - - - - bio
VADM David Shackleton AO 1948 1993 1998 1999 - 2002 - 99-02
VADM Russ Shalders AO, CSC 1951 1996 1999 2002 - 2008 05-08 02-05 - [14]
RADM Sarah Sharkey CSC AM 2015 2019 [15]
RADM 1950
RADM 1899 1991
RADM Peter Sinclair AC 1934 87-89
RADM Geoffrey Smith 1950 2002 99–00 00–02 bio
ADML Sir Victor Smith AC, KBE, CB, DSC 1913 1966 1968 1970 1975 1998 67 66-67 68-70 - 70-75
RADM 1927
VADM Sir David Stevenson AC, KBE 1918 1967 1968 1973 - 1976 1998 68-69 70-72 73-76
RADM 1876 1957
RADM 1941
RADM 1926
ADML Sir Anthony Synnot KBE, AO 1922 1971 1976 1979 1982 2001 71-72 73-74 76-79 - 79-82
VADM Rodney Taylor AO 1940 1987 1990 1994 - 1997 2002 91-94 - 94-97
RADM Davyd Thomas AO, CSC 1956
RADM 1857 1919
RADM 1927
VADM Matt Tripovich AO, CSC 1956 1999 2005 2007 - 2010 07-10 - [16]
VADM Sir George Tryon KCB 1832 1884 1893
RADM 1905 1974
RADM Uzzell, Michael
RADM van Balen, Michael
RADM 1930
RADM Robyn Walker AM 1960 2005 2011 - - - - - - - bio
VADM Robert Walls AO 1941 1990 1991 1995 - 1997 95-97 - [17]
RADM David Wells CBE 1918 1983
RADM Barrie Lawson West AO 1934 1980 1985 - - 1989 - - - - - bio
RADM 1926 1997
VADM Sir James Willis KBE, AO 1923 1968 1973 1979 - 1982 2003 - 78-79 79-82
RADM 1892
RADM AO 1930
Rank Name Post-
nom(s)		 Born CDRE RADM VADM ADML Ret'd Died DCN COM
AUS
FLT		  CN   3*  CDF Notes

Senior RAN appointments[]

Historic name
of appointment
 Abbrev.
 Used
from
 Used
to
 Rank
 Current name
of appointment
Chief of the Defence Force CDF ADML Chief of the Defence Force
Chief of the Defence Force Staff CDFS ADML Chief of the Defence Force
Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee CCoSC ADML Chief of the Defence Force
Deputy Chief of Navy DCN RADM Deputy Chief of Navy
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff DCNS RADM Deputy Chief of Navy
Commander Australian Fleet COMAUSFLT 2007 now RADM Commander Australian Fleet
Maritime Commander Australia MCAUST 1988 2007 RADM Commander Australian Fleet
Rear Admiral Commanding HM Aust. Fleet 1913 1926 RADM Commander Australian Fleet
Rear Admiral Commanding HM Aust. Squadron 1926 1949 RADM Commander Australian Fleet
Flag Officer Commanding HM Aust. Fleet FOCAF 1949 1988 RADM Commander Australian Fleet
Chief of Navy CN VADM Chief of Navy
Director, Commonwealth Naval Forces VADM Chief of Navy
First Naval Member VADM Chief of Navy
Chief of the Naval Staff VADM Chief of Navy
Asst. Chief of Def. Force (Development) CDRE or RADM
Asst. Chief of Def. Force (Ops) CDRE or RADM
Asst. Chief of Def. Force (Personnel) CDRE or RADM
Asst. Chief of Def. Force (Policy) CDRE or RADM
Asst. Chief of Def. Force Staff CDRE or RADM
Asst. Chief of Naval Staff (Development)
Asst. Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel)
Chief of Staff Naval Support Comd
Chief of Staff Maritime HQ
Chief of Naval Material
Chief of Naval Personnel RADM
Chief Joint Ops CJOPS VADM Chief Joint Ops
Chief Capability Devel. Gp CCDG VADM
Comdr. Aust. Theatre COMAST RADM
Comdr. Flotillas, Maritime HQ
Comdr. Joint Forces Aust.
Comdr, Jt. Offshore Protection Comd
Dep. Chief of Naval Personnel
Dep. Maritime Comdr. Aust.
Director General of the Australian Navy Cadets DGANC CDRE
Head Capability Development Aust. Def. HQ RADM
Head Capability Systems, Dept. of Def. RADM
Head of Def. Personnel Executive HDPE RADM
Second Naval Member ANB
Second Naval Member ANB (personnel)
Third Naval Member ANB CDRE
Fourth Naval Member (chief of supply)
Fourth Naval Member ANB
Vice-Chief of Def. Force VCDF VADM Vice-Chief of Def. Force

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ CCDG = Chief of Capability Development Group - e.g. Matt Tripovich
  2. ^ To date, only one Admiral has held the role of CJOPS ()
  3. ^ Donald Bruce Chalmers was appointed Maritime Commander Australia in December 1993, Assistant Chief of Defence Force responsible for Australian Defence Force development and international defence relationships in April 1995, and Chief of Navy in July 1997. He retired in July 1999.
  4. ^ William Clarkson joined the South Australian Naval Forces as Engr. Lieut. in 1884 and transferred to Comwlth Naval Forces in 1905.
    • KBE(M), CLARKSON, Robert William, 15 March 1918. Citation: Reorganisation of coastal shipping during the war
    • B. N. Primrose, 'Clarkson, Sir William (1859 - 1934)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, Melbourne University Press, 1981, pp 18-19.
  5. ^ Klemen, L (1999–2000). "Commodore John Augustine Collins". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942.
  6. ^ "John DAVIDSON Death Notice". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Admiral Hudson was an exception to the "rule" that the only time the rank is held is when the Chief of the Defence Force is a Navy officer. Although he served as Chief of Naval Staff for six years from 1985 to 1991 (the usual term is 3 years), he never held the post of CDF. He was promoted to Admiral on the day of his retirement by then Prime Minister Bob Hawke.
  8. ^ George Hyde became a member of the RAN in 1912.
  9. ^ Governor-General of Australia (12 June 2017). "QB17 - Gazette Order of Australia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Farewell To Vice Admiral Ian MacDougall – Australia's Most Senior Submariner". Public now.com. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  11. ^ Chris Ritchie was promoted to VAdm and served as Commander Australian Theatre 2001-2002 prior to serving as Chief of Navy
  12. ^ Tomlinson, Alister; Barlass, Tim (13 July 2020). "Naval gunnery officer awarded DSC for Korean War bombardment". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "ANDREW JOHN ROBERTSON AO DSC RAN Death Notice - Sydney, New South Wales | Sydney Morning Herald". tributes.smh.com.au. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  14. ^ Russ Shalders was promoted to VAdm in 2002 and served as Vice-Chief of Def. Force 2002-05 (& Chief Joint Ops 2004-05) prior to serving as Chief of Navy
  15. ^ "Rear Admiral Sarah Sharkey". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  16. ^ Matt Tripovich was promoted to VAdm in 2007 and served as Chief Capability Development Group 2007-2010
  17. ^ Robert Walls was promoted to VAdm in 1995 and served as Vice Chief of the Defence Force 1995-1997

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