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Australian War Memorial
Sir John Collins served with the Grand Fleet from 1914-1918. He commanded the light cruiser Sydney during the Abyssinian crisis in 1935-1937 and again, after a stint with the Australian naval staff, in 1939-1941, participating in the Battle of Cape Spada in June 1940. He commanded the Australian Squadron from mid-1944 and was seriously wounded in a kamikaze attack at Leyte, for which he was awarded the U.S. Legion of Merit.
| 1899-1-7 |
Born at Deloraine, Tasmania |
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| 1917 |
Midshipman
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Graduates from Royal Australian
Navy College |
| 1932 |
Navy Staff College Greenwich |
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| 1935 |
Captain |
Commander, CL Sydney |
| 1938 |
Assistant Chief of the Naval
Staff/Director of Naval Intelligence |
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| 1939 |
Commander, CL Sydney | |
| 1941 |
Assistant Chief of Staff, Singapore |
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| 1942 |
Commander, China Force, Java |
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| 1943 |
Commander, CA Shropshire |
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| 1944 |
Commodore |
Commander, Australian Squadron |
| 1947 |
Imperial Defense College |
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| 1948 |
Chief of Naval Staff |
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| 1950-5 |
Vice admiral | |
| 1955 |
Retired |
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| 1956 |
High Commissioner to New Zealand |
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| 1989-9-3 |
Dies at Sydney |
References
Australian War Memorial (accessed 2010-4-4)
Royal Australian Navy (accessed 2010-4-4)
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