Peter Jones

Guy Griffiths

The Life & Times of an Australian Admiral

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Produktbeschreibung

This book tells the amazing story of one the Royal Australian Navy's most decorated officers. He joined the Navy as 13-year-old boy and served in World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam. This is the story of the Navy during those dramatic years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Australian Scholarly Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 229mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9781922454683
• ISBN-10: 1922454680
• Artikelnr.: 62429795

Autorenporträt

Peter Jones joined the Royal Australian Naval College in 1974 as a 16-year-old cadet midshipman. He retired from the RAN as Vice Admiral in 2014 after 40 years' service. During that time he commanded the frigate HMAS Melbourne and later led the multinational Maritime Interception Force during the Iraq War for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Since leaving the Navy, Peter has been an Adjunct Professor with the Naval Studies Group at the University of New South Wales (Canberra) and is President of the Australian Naval Institute. His previous book was 'Australia's Argonauts'.