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The Deputy Chief of Navy (DCN) is the second most senior appointment in the Royal Australian Navy, responsible to the Chief of Navy (CN). The rank associated with the position is rear admiral (2-star).

Appointees

The following list chronologically records those who have held the post of Deputy Chief of Navy or its preceding positions. Rank and honours are as at the completion of the individual's tours.

References

1. Getting Division, Royal Australian Navy Recruit School, HMAS Cerberus
2. ^ Rear Admirals G-M, Admirals of the RAN
3. J. V. P. Goldrick, 'Buchanan, Herbert James (1902–1965)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 286–287.
4. ^ Rear Admirals A-F, Admirals of the RAN
5. ^ Cooper, Alastair. "Gatacre, Galfry George Ormond (1907–1983)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
6. "McNicoll, Alan Wedel Ramsay". Records Search. National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
7. ^ Rear Admirals N-Z, Admirals of the RAN
8. Rear Admiral William John Dovers CBE DSC (born 1918) vs Rear Admiral William Anthony George Dovers CSC (born 1951) who was SO to DCNS
9. ^ Dovers' end date is inconsistent with Gladstone's start date
10. A short biography of our national patron Archived 16 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Rear Admiral Neil Ralph ret'd, Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia, Victorian Branch, www.vvaavic.org.au
11. Australia Day Honours, 1987 Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 January 1987
12. Vice Admirals, Admirals of the RAN
13. "Rear Admiral Christopher Smith". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
14. "Acting Deputy Chief of Navy, Commodore Eric Young". X. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
15. "Commodore Eric Young". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

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