Deputy Chief of Navy (Australia)

The Deputy Chief of Navy (DCN) is the second most senior appointment in the Royal Australian Navy, responsible to the Chief of Navy (CN). The rank associated with the position is rear admiral (2-star).

Deputy Chief of the Royal Australian Navy
Incumbent
Jonathan Earley
since 16 December 2022
StyleRear Admiral
AbbreviationDCN
Member ofRoyal Australian Navy
Reports toChief of Navy
WebsiteOfficial website

Appointees

The following list chronologically records those who have held the post of Deputy Chief of Navy or its preceding positions. Rank and honours are as at the completion of the individual's tours.

Rank
Name
Postnominal(s)
Term
began
Term
ended
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
CaptainFrank Getting19401942[1]
CaptainRoy DowlingSeptember 19431944
CaptainDavid Harries19441945[2]
CaptainHerbert BuchananDSOOctober 19451946[3][4]
CaptainHenry BurrellOctober 1946October 1948
CaptainGalfry GatacreDSC & BarOctober 19481951[5]
CaptainAlan McNicollGMOctober 19511952[6]
CaptainOtto BecherDSO, DSC & Bar19521954[4]
CaptainHenry Burrell19541954
Rear AdmiralJack MesleyLVO, DSC19551957[2]
Rear AdmiralGalfry GatacreDSO, DSC & BarJanuary 1957January 1959[5]
Rear AdmiralOtto BecherCBE, DSO, DSC & BarJanuary 19591962[4]
Rear AdmiralThomas MorrisonCBE, DSC19621964[2]
Rear AdmiralRichard PeekOBE, DSC19651967
Rear AdmiralVictor SmithCBE, DSC1967April 1968
Rear AdmiralDavid StevensonCBE19681970
Rear AdmiralDavid WellsCBE19701971[7]
Rear AdmiralAnthony SynnotCBE19721973
Rear AdmiralWilliam DoversCBE, DSC19731975[4][8][9]
Rear AdmiralGeoffrey GladstoneAO, DSC & Bar1974[9]1975[2]
Rear AdmiralBrian Murray19751978[2]
Rear AdmiralNeil McDonaldAO19781979[2]
Rear AdmiralJohn Stevens19791981[7]
Rear AdmiralPeter DoyleAO, OBE19811982[4]
Rear AdmiralGeoffrey WoolrychAO19821983[7]
Rear AdmiralIan RichardsAO19831984[7]
Rear AdmiralIan Knox19841984
Rear AdmiralNeil RalphAO, DSC19851989[10][11]
Rear AdmiralPeter SinclairAO19891989
Rear AdmiralKen Doolan19891990[4]
Rear AdmiralIan MacDougallJuly 1990March 1991
Rear AdmiralRobert WallsAM19911991
Rear AdmiralRodney TaylorAONovember 19911994
Rear AdmiralDavid CampbellAM19941995[4]
Rear AdmiralChris BarrieAOMay 1996June 1997
Deputy Chief of Navy
Rear AdmiralChris OxenbouldAO19971999[7]
Rear AdmiralChris RitchieAO19991999[12]
Rear AdmiralGeoffrey SmithAM19992000[7]
Rear AdmiralBrian AdamsAMJune 2000June 2002[4]
Rear AdmiralRowan MoffittAMJune 2002June 2004[2]
Rear AdmiralMax HancockAMJune 2004June 2006[2]
Rear AdmiralRuss CraneAM, CSMJune 2006June 2008
Rear AdmiralDavyd ThomasAO, CSCJune 2008February 2011
Rear AdmiralTrevor JonesAM, CSCFebruary 20112013
Rear AdmiralMichael van BalenAO201328 January 2016
Rear AdmiralMichael NoonanAM28 January 201623 March 2018
Rear AdmiralMark HammondAM23 March 201811 September 2020
Rear AdmiralChristopher SmithCSM11 September 2020[13]16 December 2022
Rear AdmiralJonathan EarleyCSC16 December 2022Incumbent

References
  1. Getting Division, Royal Australian Navy Recruit School, HMAS Cerberus
  2. Rear Admirals G-M, Admirals of the RAN
  3. J. V. P. Goldrick, 'Buchanan, Herbert James (1902–1965)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 286–287.
  4. Rear Admirals A-F, Admirals of the RAN
  5. Cooper, Alastair. "Gatacre, Galfry George Ormond (1907–1983)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  6. "McNicoll, Alan Wedel Ramsay". Records Search. National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  7. Rear Admirals N-Z, Admirals of the RAN
  8. Rear Admiral William John Dovers CBE DSC (born 1918) vs Rear Admiral William Anthony George Dovers CSC (born 1951) who was SO to DCNS
  9. Dovers' end date is inconsistent with Gladstone's start date
  10. A short biography of our national patron Archived 16 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Rear Admiral Neil Ralph ret'd, Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia, Victorian Branch, www.vvaavic.org.au
  11. Australia Day Honours, 1987, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 January 1987
  12. Vice Admirals, Admirals of the RAN
  13. "Rear Admiral Christopher Smith". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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