David Shackleton (admiral)
David John Shackleton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 March 1948 Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Branch | Royal Australian Navy |
| Service years | 1966–2002 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands | Chief of Navy (1999–02) HMAS Brisbane (1992) HMAS Derwent (1989) |
| Conflicts | Vietnam War |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of Australia Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
Vice Admiral David John Shackleton AO (born 2 March 1948) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), who served as Chief of Navy from 1999 to 2002.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Shackleton was born in Leeds, United Kingdom, on 2 March 1948 to Ernest Shackleton and Elise Wilson. The family immigrated to Australia in 1959 and settled in Adelaide, where Shackleton was educated at Croydon High School.[1]
Naval career
[edit | edit source]Shackleton joined the Navy in 1966 under Supplementary List (Executive) Scheme, and saw service in Vietnam while qualifying as a seaman officer.[2] He was given command of the destroyer escort HMAS Derwent in 1988,[3] 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,[3] 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 a Master of Business Administration (executive) from Monash University.[3] 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,[2] and then vice admiral and Chief of Navy in 1999.[3] He initiated various organisational changes across the Navy.[3]
He was a senior Navy witness to the Senate Enquiry into the Children overboard affair.[4] He was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2000,[5] and Commander of the United States Legion of Merit in 2001. He retired from the RAN in 2002.[3]
Post-naval career
[edit | edit source]Shackleton was appointed to the Defence SA Advisory Board in South Australia in 2007, the year of its establishment.
References
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- ^ a b Vice Admiral David Shackleton, AO, RAN, Chief of Navy Australian Defence Magazine
- ^ a b c d e f Techport Australia Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 7.30 Report – 25 March 2002: Defence Dept secretary offered to resign
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- 1948 births
- Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War
- Commanders of the Legion of Merit
- Chiefs of Navy (Australia)
- English emigrants to Australia
- Fellows of the Australian Institute of Management
- Living people
- Monash University alumni
- Officers of the Order of Australia
- Military personnel from Leeds
- Royal Australian Navy admirals
- Fellows of the Australian Institute of Company Directors