Outstanding Naval Officer and Internationally Acclaimed Naval Historian and Strategist By Vice Admiral Peter Jones, ANI President On 17 March 2023 Rear Admiral James Goldrick died in Canberra. He was a naval officer of exceptional intellect and influence, who became Australia’s most internationally acclaimed naval historian. James was born in 1958 to Caroline and Peter […]
Eulogy by RADM The Hon. Justice M.J. Slattery RAN on behalf of Chief of Navy 16 March 2023 There is another chapter to Murray’s story, for he was a member of two honourable professions, the profession of law and the profession of arms. Indeed, 10 years before Murray received the first of his three commissions […]
Rear Admiral Geoffrey James Alexander Bayliss, AM, RAN Rtd RADM Geoffrey Bayliss was born in 1937 in the remote highlands of Burma and attended Brisbane Boys College. Following National Service as an infantry soldier in the Australian Army, he joined the RAN in Feb 1958 as an undergraduate medical officer at the University of Queensland. […]
This article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on 10 March 2022. It is a reminder of the selfless service that so many have given to the RAN and their country. Navy’s top clearance diver led demolition of WWII bombs and mines WILLIAM TERENCE FITZGERALD: March 23, 1929-March 5, 2022 William (Bill) Fitzgerald was a […]
Naval Officers Club member Rear Admiral Andrew John Robertson AO DSC RAN – Navy’s most accomplished Gunnery Officer – has died at age 95 in North West New South Wales. Andrew has been an ardent supporter of the Club and he will be sorely missed at future Club functions, at which he and Pat were […]
The museum mourns the passing of one of its earliest champions RADM Andrew Robertson was Deputy Convenor of the Advisory Committee for the Australian National Maritime Museum in 1985 and Deputy Chairman of the Interim Council from 1985 to 1988. He had profound input into the establishment and shaping of the museum. He drafted a […]
Ian MacDougall being laid to rest at Marrawah in NW Tasmania alongside his wife who passed away in 2011 Australia’s most senior submariner and former Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Ian MacDougall AC AFSM RAN, passed away on 1 July at age 82 in Tasmania. Vice Admiral MacDougall joined the Royal Australian Navy a […]
