Vice Admiral Roy Russell Dowling

Ranks Held Captain, Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral
Birth Date 1901-05-28
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Condong
Death Date 1969-04-15
Death Place Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Final Rank Vice Admiral
Service Royal Australian Navy
Units
  • HMAS Hobart
  • Royal Australian Navy
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • Period 1950-1959
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Biographical information The Oxford companion to Australian military history in 1995
Published in London Gazette in 1953-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1957-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1955-06-09
Published in London Gazette in 1945-11-06
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1957-01-17
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1945-11-22
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1953-01-08
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1955-06-23

Collection items

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    1945-05-10. CAPTAIN R.R. DOWLING, HMAS HOBART, AFTER THE BOMBARDMENT OF WEWAK, NEW GUINEA.

    NORTH BORNEO AREA. 21 JUNE 1945. CAPTAIN R R DOWLING, RAN, TAKING A BEARING ABOARD THE RAN ...

    AT SEA. 1945-06-18. CAPTAIN R. R. DOWLING, RAN, ENJOYING A COOL SHOWER DURING THE COOLING OF THE ...

    TAWI TAWI ISLAND. 1945-06-14. CAPTAIN R. R. DOWLING, RAN AND THE PIPING PARTY SALUTING AS ...

    INDIAN OCEAN. 1954-04-03. AERIAL VIEW OF THE ROYAL YACHT GOTHIC ON PASSAGE FROM FREMANTLE TO ...

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Navy
    Conflict
    Period 1950-1959
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    01 January 1953 on page 39 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    08 January 1953 on page 1 at position 5

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    HMAS Hobart
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    06 November 1945 on page 5399 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    22 November 1945 on page 2498 at position 79

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Navy
    Conflict
    Period 1950-1959
    Rank
    Rear Admiral
    London Gazette
    09 June 1955 on page 3297 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 June 1955 on page 1879 at position 1

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Navy
    Conflict
    Period 1950-1959
    Rank
    Vice Admiral
    London Gazette
    01 January 1957 on page 42 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    17 January 1957 on page 153 at position 2

Timeline

Date of birth 28 May 1901
Date of death 15 April 1969

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