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Eric Johnston (NT Administrator)

Eric Johnston (NT Administrator)

Australian naval officer

Commodore Eric Eugene Johnston AO, OBE (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.

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Career

During his naval career he commanded HMAS Vendetta in the Vietnam War.[1] Later he commanded HMAS Perth from 1976 to 1978.[2]

After Cyclone Tracy in 1974, as Naval Officer Commanding Northern Australia, he was involved in the administration of emergency naval assistance.[3][4]

Recognition and honours

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1970,[5] 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.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    HMAS Vendetta
  2. [2]
    Captains of HMAS Perth
  3. [3]
    "History of Driver High School". Archived from the original on 1 September 2007.
  4. [4]
    "Cyclone Tracy and the Navy". Archived from the original on 13 October 2006.
  5. [5]
    "Gazetted Honours".
  6. [6]
    "Eric Johnston Lecture". Northern Territory Library. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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