Eric Johnston (NT Administrator), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eric Johnston (NT Administrator)

Australian naval officer

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1933

Place of Birth: Shanghai, China

Date of Death: 26-Feb-1997

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Commodore Eric Eugene Johnston (29 July 1933 – 26 February 1997) was a Royal Australian Navy officer and the Administrator of the Northern Territory from 1 January 1981 to 1 July 1989.
During his naval career he commanded HMAS Vendetta in the Vietnam War.
Later he commanded HMAS Perth from 1976 to 1978.
After Cyclone Tracy, as Naval Officer Commanding Northern Australia, he was involved in the administration of emergency naval assistance.
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1970, and an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1988. The Eric Johnston Lectures of the Northern Territory Library were named in his honour.
He gave the first Lecture in 1986.