3 September 1989(1989-09-03) (aged 90) Sydney, New South Wales
Allegiance
Australia
Service/branch
Royal Australian Navy
Years of service
1913–1955
Rank
Vice Admiral
Commands held
Chief of Naval Staff (1948–55) HM Australian Squadron (1944, 1945–46) Task Force 74 (1944–45) HMAS Shropshire (1943–44) China Force (1942) HMAS Sydney (1935–37, 1939–41)
Battles/wars
First World War
Second World War
Battle of the Mediterranean
Battle of Cape Spada
Dutch East Indies Campaign
Bougainville Campaign
Battle of Cape Gloucester
Battle of Noemfoor
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Awards
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands) Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States)
Other work
High Commissioner to New Zealand (1956–62)
Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, KBE, CB (7 January 1899 – 3 September 1989) was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer who served in both World Wars, and who eventually rose to become a vice admiral and Chief of Naval Staff. Collins was one of the first graduates of the Royal Australian Naval College to attain flag rank. During the Second World War, he commanded the cruiser HMAS Sydney in the Mediterranean campaign. He led the Australian Naval Squadron in the Pacific theatre and was wounded in the first recorded kamikaze attack, in 1944.
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