Rear Admiral Peter Ross Sinclair,is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy who served as the 35th Governor of New South Wales from 8 August 1990 to 1 March 1996. Born in Manly,New South Wales,he was educated North Sydney Boys High School before joining the navy through the Royal Australian Naval College.
The judge advocate generalof the Canadian Forces is the senior legal officer who superintends the administration of military justice in the Canadian Armed Forces,and provides legal advice on military matters to the governor general,the minister of national defence,the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. The office is defined in section 9 of the National Defence Act.
Terence Rhoderic Hudson Cole,,is an Australian jurist,known best for presiding over two Australian Government Royal Commissions.
Sir Laurence Whistler Street,was the 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. He was the youngest to serve in these viceregal offices since 1844 and the third consecutive generation of the Street family to do so,the only such case in Australian history. Street fought in the Second World War and went on to become a commander in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve and an honorary colonel in the Australian Army Reserve. He further chaired acquisitions for the Royal Australian Navy's defence capabilities.
Sir Leslie James Herron was a prominent Australian barrister,judge,Chief Justice and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. Biographer Martha Rutledge describes him as being "interested,interesting and with a lively sense of humour",but that he "conducted his court with consideration,dignity and mercy". The ferry The Lady Herron was named after his wife.
Rear Admiral Davyd Rhys Thomas,is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve.
Rear Admiral Nigel Stephen Coates,was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy.
Murray Herbert Tobias,is a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales,the highest court in the State of New South Wales,Australia,which forms part of the Australian court hierarchy.
Rear Admiral Harold Hyam Glass was an Australian judge and naval officer. He served on the Supreme Court of New South Wales,the New South Wales Court of Appeal and was Judge Advocate General for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Rear Admiral Stephen Richard Gilmore,is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy. He served as Commander Australian Fleet from October 2009 until December 2011,and as the Head Australian Defence Staff (Washington) and Australian Defence Attachéat the Embassy of Australia,Washington,D.C. from January 2014 until his retirement in 2017.
Major General Paul Le Gay Brereton,is a Judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal and a senior officer in the Australian Army Reserve. He commanded the 5th Brigade from 2008 to 2010 and Head of the Cadet,Reserve and Employer Support Division from 2010 to 2014. He led an Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force investigation into criminal misconduct on the battlefield by Australian Special forces in Afghanistan,issuing the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry Report in November 2020.
Major General Gregory Howard "Greg" Garde,is a senior Australian lawyer and Army officer. His positions and appointments have included Queen's Counsel,Supreme Court Justice,President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal,and membership of various boards of directors.
Admiral Sir Antony David Radakin,is a senior Royal Navy officer. He is presently the 24th Chief of the Defence Staff,the professional head of the British Armed Forces since November 2021,succeeding General Sir Nicholas Carter. Radakin also served as First Sea Lord,the professional head of the Naval Service from June 2019 to November 2021. He was Chief of Staff,Joint Forces Command,from 2016 to 2018,and the Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff from 2018 to 2019.
Rear Admiral Geoffrey Francis Smith is a retired officer of the Royal Australian Navy. After retiring from a 37-year naval career,Smith was appointed CEO of Sydney Ferries until his dismissal over allegations of misuse of his corporate credit card. Investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in 2009,Smith was found by the commission to have engaged in corrupt conduct. The case was referred to the Department of Public Prosecutions,and he was jailed for up to two years after pleading guilty before the District Court of New South Wales to one charge of cheating or defrauding Sydney Ferries.
The Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is an office created by the Defence Force Discipline Act (1982),held by a judge or former judge of a federal court or a state supreme court. The appointment of JAG is made by the Governor-General-in-Council. The JAG may make procedural rules for tribunals that operate within the Navy,Army,and Air Force,provide the final legal review of proceedings within the ADF,participate in the appointment of judge advocates,Defence Force magistrates,presidents and members of courts martial,and legal officers for various purposes,and reporting upon the operation of laws relating to the discipline of the ADF.
Richard Ross Sinclair Tracey was an Australian military and civil judge and barrister,who was Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force from 2007 to 2014,and a judge of the Federal Court of Australia from 2006 to 2018. Following his retirement from the Federal Court,Tracey was appointed as a commissioner of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety,however he died of cancer before the commission provided its interim report.
Vice Admiral Jonathan Dallas Mead,is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy. He joined the navy via the Royal Australian Naval College at HMAS Creswell in 1984,and spent his early career with the Clearance Diving Branch before training as a Principal Warfare Officer. He captained HMAS Parramatta on operations in the Persian Gulf from 2006 to 2007 during the Iraq War and commanded Combined Task Force 150,overseeing maritime counter-terrorism operations around the Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa,from 2011 to 2012. He served as Head of Navy Capability from 2015 to 2017,Commander Australian Fleet from 2018 to 2020,Chief of Joint Capabilities from 2020 to 2021,and was appointed Chief of the Nuclear-Powered Submarine Task Force in September 2021.
Rear Admiral Mark David Hammond is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy. He served as Deputy Chief of Navy from 2018 to 2020,and was appointed Commander Australian Fleet in November 2020.
Rear Admiral Sarah Edith Sharkey is an Australian physician,medical administrator,and a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy. She has been Commander Joint Health and Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force since 2 December 2019.
