John Augustine Collins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Royal Australian Navy officer
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Place of Birth: Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia
About John Augustine Collins
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, (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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