Obituary: RADM Guy Griffiths
Rear Admiral Guy Richmond Griffiths AO DSO DSC RAN (1923-2024). The RAN’s Centenarian Admiral and one of its Finest Destroyer Captains
Obituary by VADM Peter...
Obituary: Chris Cartledge
Chris Cartledge, who has died aged 100, was a Fleet Air Arm pilot who flew the ‘bent wing bastard’ on operations against the Germans...
Obituary: RADM John Gower
Rear-Admiral John Gower CB OBE was the Cold War leader of the UK’s nuclear response and known as ‘the grumpy admiral’ even if he...
VCDF’s tribute to Vice Admiral Ian Knox
On 9 February a well-attended Memorial Service was held at the Naval Chapel, Garden Island for the late Vice Admiral Ian Knox. The Vice...
Obituary: Vice Admiral Ian Knox AC RAN Retired
By Peter Jones & Guy Knox
Vice Admiral Ian Knox died in Sydney on 14 January after a long illness. Ian Warren Knox was born...
Doug Gilling: last of the Dominion ‘Yachties’
Lieutenant Doug Gilling, who died aged 101 earlier this year, was the last of the Dominion yachtsmen who volunteered to join the Navy during...
Remembering Vice Admiral Robert Walls AO RAN (Retired)
By John Mortimer and John Perryman
On 28 August 2023 Vice Admiral Robert Andrew Kevin Walls passed away after a long illness. He was an...
Obituary: Allan Gyngell
By John McCarthy*
Perhaps now, more than ever, is the time when Australia needs outstanding foreign policy thinkers. It has lost one of its best...
Lowy Institute’s tribute to James Goldrick
Losing James Goldrick’s profound wisdom the same week as Australia announced its ambitious plans for nuclear-powered submarines was a painful irony for the naval...
Passing of James Goldrick
The Australian Naval Institute sadly notifies that James Goldrick passed away this morning (17 March 2023) at 0020 at the Clare Holland Hospice in...