Deputy Chief of Navy (Australia)

Deputy Chief of the Royal Australian Navy
Incumbent
Mark Hammond
since 23 March 2018
Style Rear Admiral
Member of Royal Australian Navy
Reports to Chief of Navy

The Deputy Chief of Navy (DCN) is the second most senior appointment in the Royal Australian Navy, responsible to the Chief of Navy (CN). The rank associated with the position is rear admiral (2-star).

Appointees

The following list chronologically records those who have held the post of Deputy Chief of Navy or its preceding positions. Rank and honours are as at the completion of the individual's tours.

Rank
Name
Postnominal(s)
Term
began
Term
ended
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
CaptainFrank Getting19401942[1]
CaptainRoy Dowling1943 Sep1944
CaptainDavid Harries19441945[2]
CaptainHerbert BuchananDSO1945 Oct1946[3][4]
CaptainHenry Burrell1946 Oct1948 Oct
CaptainGalfrey GatacreDSC & Bar1948 Oct1951[5]
CaptainAlan McNicollGM1951 Oct1952[6]
CaptainOtto BecherDSO, DSC & Bar19521954[4]
CaptainHenry Burrell19541954
Rear AdmiralJack MesleyLVO, DSC19551957[2]
Rear AdmiralGalfrey GatacreDSO, DSC & Bar1957 Jan1959 Jan[5]
Rear AdmiralOtto BecherCBE, DSO, DSC & Bar1959 Jan1962[4]
Rear AdmiralThomas MorrisonCBE, DSC19621964[2]
Rear AdmiralRichard PeekOBE, DSC19651967
Rear AdmiralVictor SmithCBE, DSC19671968 Apr
Rear AdmiralDavid StevensonCBE19681970
Rear AdmiralDavid WellsCBE19701971[7]
Rear AdmiralAnthony SynnotCBE19721973
Rear AdmiralWilliam DoversCBE, DSC19731975[4][8][9]
Rear AdmiralGeoffrey GladstoneAO, DSC & Bar1974[9]1975[2]
Rear AdmiralBrian Murray19751978[2]
Rear AdmiralNeil McDonaldAO19781979[2]
Rear AdmiralJohn Stevens19791981[7]
Rear AdmiralPeter DoyleAO, OBE19811982[4]
Rear AdmiralGeoffrey WoolrychAO19821983[7]
Rear AdmiralIan Richards19831984[7]
Rear AdmiralIan Knox19841984
Rear AdmiralNeil RalphAO, DSC19851989[10][11]
Rear AdmiralPeter SinclairAO19891989
Rear AdmiralKen Doolan19891990[4]
Rear AdmiralIan MacDougall1990 Jul1991 Mar
Rear AdmiralRobert WallsAM19911991
Rear AdmiralRodney TaylorAO1991 Nov1994
Rear AdmiralDavid CampbellAM19941995[4]
Rear AdmiralChris BarrieAO1996 May1997 Jun
Deputy Chief of Navy
Rear AdmiralChris OxenbouldAO19971999[7]
Rear AdmiralChris RitchieAO19991999[12]
Rear AdmiralGeoffrey SmithAM19992000[7]
Rear AdmiralBrian AdamsAM2000 Jun2002 Jun [4]
Rear AdmiralRowan MoffittAM2002 Jun2004 Jun [2]
Rear AdmiralMax HancockAM2004 Jun2006 Jun [2]
Rear AdmiralRuss CraneAM, CSM2006 Jun2008 Jun
Rear AdmiralDavyd ThomasAO, CSC2008 Jun2011 Feb
Rear AdmiralTrevor JonesAM, CSC2011 Feb2013
Rear AdmiralMichael van BalenAO201328 January 2016
Rear AdmiralMichael NoonanAM28 January 201623 March 2018
Rear AdmiralMark HammondAM23 March 2018Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ Getting Division, Royal Australian Navy Recruit School, HMAS Cerberus
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rear Admirals G-M, Admirals of the RAN
  3. ↑ J. V. P. Goldrick, 'Buchanan, Herbert James (1902–1965)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 286–287.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rear Admirals A-F, Admirals of the RAN
  5. 1 2 Cooper, Alastair. "Gatacre, Galfry George Ormond (1907–1983)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  6. ↑ "McNicoll, Alan Wedel Ramsay". Records Search. National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rear Admirals N-Z, Admirals of the RAN
  8. ↑ Rear Admiral William John Dovers CBE DSC (born 1918) vs Rear Admiral William Anthony George Dovers CSC (born 1951) who was SO to DCNS
  9. 1 2 Dovers' end date is inconsistent with Gladstone's start date
  10. ↑ A short biography of our national patron, Rear Admiral Neil Ralph ret'd, Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia, Victorian Branch, www.vvaavic.org.au
  11. ↑ Australia Day Honours, 1987, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 January 1987
  12. ↑ Vice Admirals, Admirals of the RAN

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