Ian MacDougall
Ian MacDougall | |
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Born | New South Wales Fire Brigades (1994–2003) | 23 February 1938
New South Wales Fire Brigades
from 1994 to 2003 and was Patron of the Submarines Association Australia.
Early life
MacDougall was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 23 February 1938 to James MacDougall and his wife, Eileen (née Stanbridge).[2] In 1954, MacDougall entered the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay as a 15-year-old cadet midshipman.[3]
Career
MacDougall went on to command the
Companion of the Order of Australia in the 1993 Birthday Honours, and retired in March 1994.[1]
On his retirement from the RAN, MacDougall was appointed Commissioner of
New South Wales Fire Brigades.[3][4] He fulfilled the role for nine years, being awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal in the Australia Day Honours of 2000.[2][5] He retired to Tasmania in 2003.[1] From 2003 to 2007, he was Independent Chairman of the board of the Co-operative Research Centre – Bushfires, and from 2005 to 2007 he was also Chairman of the Australian Veterans' Children Assistance Trust.[6]
Personal life
MacDougall was married to television journalist and presenter
New South Wales Fire Brigades, MacDougall and Humphrey moved to Green Point near the town of Marrawah in north-west Tasmania.[7]
MacDougall died on 1 July 2020.[8][9]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e "Our Patron: Vice Admiral Ian MacDougall, AC, AFSM, RAN (Rtd)". Submarines Association Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ a b Singh 2010
- ^ a b MacDougall, Ian (2006). "With the Gift of Hindsight: Recruiting and Retaining the Young". Defender. Australian Defence Association. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "MacDOUGALL, Ian Donald awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal". It's an Honour. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ Ian MacDougall, AC, AFSM Vice Admiral RAN Rtd, The Inaugural Platypus Address, HMAS Platypus, 18 August 2007, Submarines Association Australia, NSW Branch, page 12.
- ^ "Vale Vice Admiral Ian MacDougall". Tasmanian Times. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Farewell To Vice Admiral Ian MacDougall – Australia's Most Senior Submariner". Public now.com. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Chief of Naval Staff strengthened forces for good". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
References
- Singh, Shivani (2010). ISBN 978-1-74095-172-2.