David John Shackleton
Born (1948-03-02) 2 March 1948
Leeds, United Kingdom
AllegianceAustralia
Service/branchRoyal Australian Navy
Years of service1966–2002
RankVice Admiral
Commands heldChief of Navy (1999–02)
HMAS Brisbane (1992)
HMAS Derwent (1989)
Battles/warsVietnam War
AwardsOfficer of the Order of Australia
Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)

Vice Admiral David John Shackleton AO (born 2 March 1948) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), who served as Chief of Navy from 1999 to 2002.

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 HMAS Derwent 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 HMAS Brisbane 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]

Post-naval career

Shackleton was appointed to the Defence SA Advisory Board in South Australia in 2007, the year of its establishment.

References

  1. ↑ "Vice Admiral David Shackleton". ConnectWeb. Who's Who in Australia Online. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 Vice Admiral David Shackleton, AO, RAN, Chief of Navy Australian Defence Magazine
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Techport Australia Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ 7.30 Report – 25 March 2002: Defence Dept secretary offered to resign
  5. ↑ "It's an honour – Order of Australia". Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
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