Roy Dowling
Royal Australian Navy commander, Chief of Naval Staff, Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (1901-1969) · Australia · On the map · Died at 67
Vice Admiral Sir Roy Russell Dowling, was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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Lieutenant Dowling, 1927
Captain Dowling broadcasting to HMAS Hobart's crew en route to Borneo, June 1945
Staff at the Japanese surrender talks (l to r): Commodore John Collins; Lieutenant General Frank Berryman; Dowling; Air Commodore Ray Brownell
Captain Dowling with Lady Gowrie at HMNB Devonport, England, for the commissioning of the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney, 16 December 1948
Dowling (left) congratulates his son Tony on graduating from RANC, 1952Awards
About this person
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.
Country
Australia
Type
Other
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1969 · aged 67