John Augustine Collins
Royal Australian Navy officer (1899–1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, KBE, CB (7 January 1899 – 3 September 1989) was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer who served in both World Wars, and who eventually rose to become a vice admiral and Chief of Naval Staff. Collins was one of the first graduates of the Royal Australian Naval College to attain flag rank. During the Second World War, he commanded the cruiser HMAS Sydney in the Mediterranean campaign. He led the Australian Naval Squadron in the Pacific theatre and was wounded in the first recorded kamikaze attack, in 1944.
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Sir John Augustine Collins | |
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Born | (1899-01-07)7 January 1899 Deloraine, Tasmania |
Died | 3 September 1989(1989-09-03) (aged 90) Sydney, New South Wales |
Allegiance | Australia |
Service/ | Royal Australian Navy |
Years of service | 1913–1955 |
Rank | Vice Admiral |
Commands held | Chief of Naval Staff (1948–55) HM Australian Squadron (1944, 1945–46) Task Force 74 (1944–45) HMAS Shropshire (1943–44) China Force (1942) HMAS Sydney (1935–37, 1939–41) |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands) Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
Other work | High Commissioner to New Zealand (1956–62) |
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