Deputy Chief of Navy (Australia)

Deputy Chief of the Royal Australian Navy
Incumbent Trevor Jones since 18 February 2011
Style	Rear Admiral

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).

Rear Admiral Trevor Jones, the current Deputy Chief of Navy, assumed this position in February 2011 after Rear Admiral Davyd Thomas stood down.

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	post- nominal(s)	Term began	Term ended
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
Captain	Getting, FrankFrank Getting		1940	1942[1]
Captain	Dowling, RoyRoy Dowling		1943 Sep	1944
Captain	Harries, DavidDavid Harries		1944	1945[2]
Captain	Buchanan, HerbertHerbert Buchanan	DSO	1945 Oct	1946[3][4]
Captain	Burrell, HenryHenry Burrell		1946 Oct	1948 Oct
Captain	Gatacre, GalfreyGalfrey Gatacre	DSO, DSC & Bar	1948 Oct	1951[5]
Captain	McNicoll, AlanAlan McNicoll	GM	1951 Oct	1952[6]
Captain	Becher, OttoOtto Becher	DSO, DSC & Bar	1952	1954[4]
Captain	Burrell, HenryHenry Burrell		1954	1954
Rear Admiral	Mesley, JackJack Mesley	LVO, DSC	1955	1957[2]
Rear Admiral	Gatacre, GalfreyGalfrey Gatacre	DSO, DSC & Bar	1957 Jan	1959 Jan[5]
Rear Admiral	Becher, OttoOtto Becher	CBE, DSO, DSC & Bar	1959 Jan	1962[4]
Rear Admiral	Morrison, ThomasThomas Morrison	CBE, DSC	1962	1964[2]
Rear Admiral	Peek, RichardRichard Peek	OBE, DSC	1965	1967
Rear Admiral	Smith, VictorVictor Smith	CBE, DSC	1967	1968 Apr
Rear Admiral	Stevenson, DavidDavid Stevenson	CBE	1968	1970
Rear Admiral	Wells, DavidDavid Wells	CBE	1970	1971[7]
Rear Admiral	Synnot, AnthonyAnthony Synnot	CBE	1972	1973
Rear Admiral	Dovers, WilliamWilliam Dovers	CBE, DSC	1973	1975[4][8][9]
Rear Admiral	Gladstone, GeoffreyGeoffrey Gladstone	AO, DSC & Bar	1974[9]	1975[2]
Rear Admiral	Murray, BrianBrian Murray		1975	1978[2]
Rear Admiral	McDonald, NeilNeil McDonald	AO	1978	1979[2]
Rear Admiral	Stevens, JohnJohn Stevens		1979	1981[7]
Rear Admiral	Doyle, PeterPeter Doyle	AO, OBE	1981	1982[4]
Rear Admiral	Woolrych, GeoffreyGeoffrey Woolrych	AO	1982	1983[7]
Rear Admiral	Richards, IanIan Richards		1983	1984[7]
Rear Admiral	Ralph, NeilNeil Ralph	AO, DSC	1985	1989[10][11]
Rear Admiral	Sinclair, PeterPeter Sinclair	AO	1989	1989
Rear Admiral	Doolan, KenKen Doolan		1989	1990[4]
Rear Admiral	MacDougall, IanIan MacDougall		1990 Jul	1991 Mar
Rear Admiral	Taylor, RodneyRodney Taylor	AO	1991 Nov	1994
Rear Admiral	Campbell, DavidDavid Campbell	AM	1994	1995[4]
Rear Admiral	Barrie, ChrisChris Barrie	AO	1996 May	1997 Jun
Deputy Chief of Navy
Rear Admiral	Oxenbould, ChrisChris Oxenbould	AO	1997	1999[7]
Rear Admiral	Ritchie, ChrisChris Ritchie	AO	1999	1999[12]
Rear Admiral	Smith, GeoffreyGeoffrey Smith	AM	1999	2000[7]
Rear Admiral	Adams, BrianBrian Adams	AM	2000 Jun	2002 Jun [4]
Rear Admiral	Moffitt, RowanRowan Moffitt	AM	2002 Jun	2004 Jun [2]
Rear Admiral	Hancock, MaxMax Hancock	AM	2004 Jun	2006 Jun [2]
Rear Admiral	Crane, RussRuss Crane	AM, CSM	2006 Jun	2008 Jun
Rear Admiral	Thomas, DavydDavyd Thomas	AO, CSC	2008 Jun	2011 Feb
Rear Admiral	Jones, TrevorTrevor Jones	AM, CSC	2011 Feb	Incumbent

References

1. ^ Getting Division, Royal Australian Navy Recruit School, HMAS Cerberus
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} 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. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Rear Admirals A-F, Admirals of the RAN
5. ^ ^{a b} Cooper, Alastair. "Gatacre, Galfry George Ormond (1907 – 1983)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A170421b.htm. Retrieved 5 April 2011. 
6. ^ "McNicoll, Alan Wedel Ramsay". Records Search. National Archives of Australia. http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=5225594&I=1&SE=1. Retrieved 5 April 2011. 
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f} 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. ^ ^{a b} Dovers' end date is inconsistent with Gladstone's start date
10. ^ A short biography of our national patron, Rear Admiral Neil Ralph ret'd, Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia, Victorian Branch, www.vvaavic.org.au
11. ^ Australia Day Honours, 1987, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 January 1987
12. ^ Vice Admirals, Admirals of the RAN