David Shackleton (admiral)
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Early life
Shackleton was born in Leeds, United Kingdom, on 2 March 1948 to Ernest Shackleton and Elise Wilson. The family immigrated to Australia in 1959 and settled in Adelaide, where Shackleton was educated at Croydon High School.[1]
Shackleton joined the Navy in 1966 under Supplementary List (Executive) Scheme, and saw service in Vietnam while qualifying as a seaman officer.[2] He was given command of the destroyer escort Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in 1988,[3] was the Maritime commander for the opposing forces during Exercise Kangaroo 1989, and reached the rank of captain in 1989. He commanded the destroyer Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". from 1991 to 1992,[3] and was promoted to commodore in 1993.
He is a graduate of the RAN Staff College and the Joint Services Staff College, and has earned a Master of Business Administration (executive) from Monash University.[3] He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
He was promoted to rear admiral in 1998,[2] and then vice admiral and Chief of Navy in 1999.[3] He initiated various organisational changes across the Navy.[3]
He was a senior Navy witness to the Senate Enquiry into the Children overboard affair.[4] He was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2000,[5] and Commander of the United States Legion of Merit in 2001. He retired from the RAN in 2002.[3]
Shackleton was appointed to the Defence SA Advisory Board in South Australia in 2007, the year of its establishment.
References
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- ↑ 7.30 Report – 25 March 2002: Defence Dept secretary offered to resign
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