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Vice Admiral
David John Shackleton
AO, RANBorn 2 March 1948 (age 63)
City of Leeds, EnglandAllegiance 
AustraliaService/branch 
Royal Australian NavyYears of service 1966 – 2002 Rank Vice Admiral Commands held Chief of Navy
HMAS Brisbane
HMAS DerwentBattles/wars Vietnam War Awards Officer of the Order of Australia Vice Admiral David John Shackleton AO (born 2 March 1948) was a Vice Admiral of the Royal Australian Navy, and was Chief of Navy from 1999 to 2002.
Career
David Shackleton joined the Navy from Adelaide, South Australia in 1966 under Supplementary List (Executive) Scheme, and saw service in Vietnam while qualifying as a seaman officer.[1] He was given command of the destroyer escort HMAS Derwent in 1988,[2] was the Maritime commander for the opposing forces during Exercise Kangaroo 1989, and reached the rank of Captain in 1989. He commanded the destroyer HMAS Brisbane from 1991 to 1992,[2] and was promoted to Commodore in 1993.
He is a graduate of the RAN Staff College and the Joint Services Staff College, and has earned an MBA (Executive) from Monash University.[2] He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
He was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1998,[1] and then Vice Admiral and Chief of Navy in 1999.[2] He initiated various organisational changes across the Navy.[2]
He was a senior Navy witness to the Senate Enquiry into the Children overboard affair.[3] He was appointed as an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) in 2000,[4] and Commander in the U.S Legion of Merit in 2001. He retired from the navy in 2002.[2]
References
Military offices Preceded by
Vice Admiral Donald ChalmersChief of Navy
1999 – 2002Succeeded by
Vice Admiral Chris RitchieChiefs of the Royal Australian NavyDirector,
Commonwealth Naval Forces
First Naval Members,
Australian Commonwealth Naval BoardSir William Rooke Creswell • Sir Percy Grant • Sir Allan Everett • Percival Hall-Thompson • William Napier • Sir William Munro Kerr • Sir George Hyde • Sir Ragnar Colvin • Sir Guy Royle • Sir Louis Keppel Hamilton • Sir John Augustine Collins • Sir Roy Dowling • Sir Henry Burrell • Sir Hastings Harrington • Sir Alan McNicoll • Sir Victor Smith • Sir Richard Peek • Sir David Stevenson
Chiefs of the Naval Staff Sir Anthony Synnot • Sir James Willis • David Leach • Michael Hudson • Ian MacDougall • Rodney Taylor
Chiefs of Navy Rodney Taylor • Donald Chalmers • David Shackleton • Chris Ritchie • Russ Shalders • Russell Crane • Raymond Griggs
Categories:- 1948 births
- Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War
- Living people
- Officers of the Order of Australia
- Royal Australian Navy admirals
- Fellows of the Australian Institute of Management
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