Sir John Augustine Collins

Collins, Sir John Augustine (1899-1989), VADM , KBE 1951 CB 1940; b. 7 Jan. 1899 Deloraine, Tas; entered RAN Coll. 1913; Midshipman 1917; 1914-18 War, with RN Grand Fleet; specialised in gunnery; naval staff course Greenwich UK 1932; CO Sydney 1935-37 (during Abyssinian crisis); Asst. Chief of Naval Staff and Dir. Naval Int. 1938-39; 1939-45 war (CO Sydney 1939-41 (incl. in famous action against Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni in Jul. 1940), Asst. COS Singapore 1941 (MID), Cmdre Commdg. China Force Java 1942 (awarded Commander Cross Order of Orange Nassau), CO Shropshire 1943-44, Cmdre Commdg. HM Aust. Sqdn 1944-46 (seriously wounded Leyte 1944, awarded US Legion of Merit (Officer) 1946); Imperial Def. Coll. 1947; First Naval Member ANB and Chief of Naval Staff 1948-55 (retd.); Aust. High Commissioner in NZ 1956-62; d. 3 Sep. 1989 Sydney.

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