Roy Dowling

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Captain Roy Dowling (April 10, 1945)

Vice Admiral Sir Roy Russell Dowling KCVO , KBE , CB , DSO (born May 28, 1901 in Condong , New South Wales , Australia , † April 15, 1969 in Canberra ) was an officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). He served as Chief of Naval Staff from 1955 to 1959 and as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1959 to 1961, the forerunner of today's Chief of the Defense Force .

Dowling entered the Royal Australian Naval College in 1915 . After graduating in 1919, he served on several ships in the British Royal Navy and the RAN, where he was later trained as an artillery specialist. In 1937 he was given command of the sloop HMAS Swan . After the outbreak of the Second World War he served on the British HMS Naiad in the Mediterranean as Executive Officer and survived its sinking by a German submarine in March 1942. After his return to Australia he served as Director of Plans and later as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Deputy Chief of Naval Staff) before he was given command of the light cruiser HMAS Hobart in November 1944 . He received the Distinguished Service Order for his services in the Southwest Pacific theater of war .

After the war ended, Dowling was given command of the RAN's first aircraft carrier , HMAS Sydney, in 1948 . In 1950 he was Chief of Naval Personnel and in 1953 Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet (Commanding Flag Officer HM Australian Fleet). Shortly after his appointment to the CNS in February 1955, he was promoted to Vice Admiral (Vice Admiral) and awarded the Order of Bath. As a CNS, he had to contend with a tight financial budget and shortages of staff and equipment. Another challenge was the increasingly close involvement of the United States in Australian defense planning, at the expense of traditionally close military ties with the United Kingdom. Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1957, Dowling was promoted to COSC in March 1959, which he remained until his retirement in May 1961. In 1963 he became Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and Australian Minister to Queen Elizabeth II. He held this post until his death in April 1969.

literature

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SURNAME Dowling, Roy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dowling, Roy Russell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian Vice Admiral
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Condong , New South Wales , Australia
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1969
Place of death Canberra