Vice Admiral Russell Edward Shalders,is a retired admiral of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). He served as Vice Chief of the Australian Defence Force from 2002 to 2005,and as Chief of Navy from 2005 to 2008.
Rear Admiral Kevin John Scarce,is a retired Royal Australian Navy officer who was the 34th Governor of South Australia,serving from August 2007 to August 2014. He was succeeded by Hieu Van Le,who had previously been his lieutenant governor. He was Chancellor of the University of Adelaide from 2014 to 2020.
Vice Admiral Sir Roy Russell Dowling,was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). He served as Chief of Naval Staff (CNS),the RAN's highest-ranking position,from 1955 until 1959,and as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC),forerunner of the role of Australia's Chief of the Defence Force,from 1959 until 1961.
Admiral Sir George Francis Hyde,was an English-born Australian admiral,known as a former head and the first officer to achieve the rank of full admiral in the Royal Australian Navy.
Vice Admiral Russell Harry Crane,is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN),who served as the Chief of Navy from July 2008 until his retirement in June 2011.
Vice Admiral Matthew John Tripovich,is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy. He served as Chief Capability Development Group from 2007 until his retirement in October 2010.
Rear Admiral Davyd Rhys Thomas,is a retired senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy.
Rear Admiral Nigel Stephen Coates,was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy.
Admiral Alan Lee Beaumont,was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy,whose career culminated with his appointment as Chief of the Defence Force from 1993 to 1995.
Vice Admiral Rodney Graham Taylor,was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy,serving as Chief of Navy from 1994 to 1997. Born in Queensland,Taylor entered the Royal Australian Naval College at the age of thirteen. Graduating as dux of his year in 1957,he later specialised in navigation and served during the Vietnam War. Commanding HMAS Vampire as well as HMAS Torrens,Taylor planned and coordinated the deployment of Australian ships during the Gulf War. Retiring from the navy in 1997,Taylor died from lung cancer in 2002 at the age of 62.
Vice Admiral Sir Richard Innes Peek was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy,who served as First Naval Member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board from 1970 to 1973.
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.
Rear Admiral Trevor Norman Jones,is a retired senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). He served as Deputy Chief of Navy from 2011 to 2013,Head Military Strategic Commitments from April 2013 to December 2014,and the Commander Joint Task Force 633 from December 2014 to January 2016.
Vice Admiral Raymond James Griggs,is an Australian senior public servant and a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve. He served as Chief of Navy from June 2011 to June 2014,before being appointed Vice Chief of the Defence Force until his transfer to the reserve in July 2018.
Vice Admiral Sir Alan Wedel Ramsay McNicoll,was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and a diplomat. Born in Melbourne,he entered the Royal Australian Naval College at the age of thirteen and graduated in 1926. Following training and staff appointments in Australia and the United Kingdom,he was attached to the Royal Navy at the outbreak of the Second World War. As torpedo officer of the 1st Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean theatre,McNicoll was decorated with the George Medal in 1941 for disarming enemy ordnance. He served aboard HMS King George V from 1942,sailing in support of several Arctic convoys and taking part in the Allied invasion of Sicily. McNicoll was posted for staff duties with the Admiralty from September 1943 and was involved in the planning of the Normandy landings. He returned to Australia in October 1944.
Vice Admiral Robert Andrew Kevin Walls,was a senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). In 42 years of service,Walls commanded HMA Ships Tobruk,Moreton and Brisbane,and served as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff and Maritime Commander Australia,before his career culminated in his appointment as Vice Chief of the Defence Force from April 1995 until his retirement in March 1997.
Rear Admiral John Robert Lord,is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy who served as Maritime Commander Australia from 1999 to 2000. He later embarked on a corporate career,and is Chairman of Huawei Australia.
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.
Vice Admiral Mark David Hammond is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN),serving as the Chief of Navy since July 2022. He joined the RAN as an electronics technician in 1986 and,after being accepted for officer training,graduated from the Australian Defence Force Academy in 1990. Much of Hammond's career has been spent in the Submarine Service. He has served on operations in the Indo-Pacific,commanded the Collins-class submarineHMAS Farncomb,was Deputy Chief of Navy from 2018 to 2020,and served as Commander Australian Fleet from November 2020 to June 2022. He succeeded Vice Admiral Michael Noonan as Chief of Navy on 6 July 2022.
Rear Admiral Jonathan Paul Earley,is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). He joined the RAN as a maritime warfare officer in January 1990,and has commanded HMAS Ballarat (2011–12) and HMAS Adelaide (2017–18). He served as Commander Australian Fleet from June to December 2022 and Deputy Chief of Navy from December 2022 to July 2024,before being appointed as Head Military Strategic Commitments.
