John Augustine Collins

Vice-Admiral

Sir John Augustine Collins

KBE CB
Vice-Admiral; Sir John Augustine Collins; KBE CB
	Captain John Collins in 1943
Born	7 January 1899; Deloraine, Tasmania
Died	3 September 1989 (aged 90); Sydney, New South Wales
Allegiance	Australia
Branch	Royal Australian Navy
Service years	1913–1955
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands	Chief of Naval Staff (1948–1955); HM Australian Squadron (1944, 1945–1946); Task Force 74 (1944–1945); HMAS Shropshire (1943–1944); China Force (1942); HMAS Sydney (1935–1937, 1939–1941)
Conflicts	First World War; Second World War Battle of the Mediterranean Battle of Cape Spada; ; Dutch East Indies Campaign; Bougainville Campaign; Battle of Cape Gloucester; Battle of Noemfoor; Battle of Leyte Gulf; ;
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Companion of the Order of the Bath; Mentioned in Despatches; Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands); Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States)
Other work	High Commissioner to New Zealand (1956–1962)

Vice-Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, KBE, CB (7 January 1899 – 3 September 1989) was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer who served in both World Wars, and who eventually rose to become a vice admiral and Chief of Naval Staff. Collins was one of the first graduates of the Royal Australian Naval College to attain flag rank. During the Second World War, he commanded the cruiser HMAS Sydney in the Mediterranean campaign. He led the Australian Naval Squadron in the Pacific theatre and was wounded in the first recorded kamikaze attack, in 1944.