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Vice Admiral Ian Donald George MacDougall, AC, AFSM (23 February 1938 – 1 July 2020) was a senior commander of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), who served as Chief of Naval Staff from 1991 to 1994. He also served as Commissioner of New South Wales Fire Brigades from 1994 to 2003 and was Patron of the Submarines Association Australia.

Early life

MacDougall was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 23 February 1938 to James MacDougall and his wife, Eileen (née Stanbridge). In 1954, MacDougall entered the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay as a 15-year-old cadet midshipman.

Career

MacDougall went on to command the submarines HMS Otter and HMAS Onslow, the guided missile destroyer HMAS Hobart and the fleet tanker HMAS Supply. He became Director of Submarine Policy in 1982, Commander of the submarine base HMAS Platypus in 1985 and Director General of Joint Operations and Plans for the Australian Defence Force in 1986. He was appointed Maritime Commander Australia in January 1989, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff in July 1990 and finally Chief of Naval Staff in March 1991. He was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in the 1993 Birthday Honours, and retired in March 1994.

On his retirement from the RAN, MacDougall was appointed Commissioner of New South Wales Fire Brigades. He fulfilled the role for nine years, being awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal in the Australia Day Honours of 2000. He retired to Tasmania in 2003. From 2003 to 2007, he was Independent Chairman of the board of the Co-operative Research Centre – Bushfires, and from 2005 to 2007 he was also Chairman of the Australian Veterans' Children Assistance Trust.

Personal life

MacDougall was married to television journalist and presenter Sonia Humphrey from 1996 until she died in 2011. After his retirement from New South Wales Fire Brigades, MacDougall and Humphrey moved to Green Point near the town of Marrawah in north-west Tasmania.

MacDougall died on 1 July 2020.

Notes

1. ^ "Our Patron: Vice Admiral Ian MacDougall, AC, AFSM, RAN (Rtd)". Submarines Association Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
2. ^ Singh 2010
3. ^ "Vice Admiral Ian Donald MacDougall". RAN Admirals. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
4. ^ MacDougall, Ian (2006). "With the Gift of Hindsight: Recruiting and Retaining the Young". Defender. Australian Defence Association. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
5. "MacDOUGALL, Ian Donald awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal". It's an Honour. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
6. Ian MacDougall, AC, AFSM Vice Admiral RAN Rtd Archived 19 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Inaugural Platypus Address, HMAS Platypus, 18 August 2007, Submarines Association Australia, NSW Branch, page 12.
7. "Vale Vice Admiral Ian MacDougall". Tasmanian Times. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
8. "Farewell To Vice Admiral Ian MacDougall – Australia's Most Senior Submariner". Public now.com. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
9. "Chief of Naval Staff strengthened forces for good". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

References

• Singh, Shivani (2010). Who's Who in Australia 2010. Melbourne, Australia: Crown Content. ISBN 978-1-74095-172-2.

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