Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Vice_Admiral_Sir_John_Augustine_Collins
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Deloraine,_Tasmania,_Australia
gptkbp:children gptkb:David_Collins
gptkbp:countryOfOperation gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 7 January 1899
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 3 September 1989
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Australian_Naval_College
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkbp:namesakeOf gptkb:marine
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkb:HMAS_Sydney_(D48)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Spada
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:naval_officer
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Sydney,_New_South_Wales,_Australia
gptkbp:position_held Chief of Naval Staff (Australia)
gptkbp:rank Vice Admiral
gptkbp:spouse Phyllis McLachlan
gptkbp:term_as_Chief_of_Naval_Staff 1948–1955
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:marine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4