Mark Bonser
Mark Bonser | |
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| Born | 7 August 1952 |
flag rank officer of the Royal Australian Navy. His final posting was as Head of the Military Justice Implementation Team for the Australian Defence Force
.
Early life
Mark Bonser was born in Sydney on 7 August 1952.Manly Boys High School and Macksville High School.[3]
In 1971, Bonser joined the
Royal Australian Naval College.[3] He graduated from the college in 1973, then undertook six weeks training with the Royal Navy, before joining the ship's company of the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne.[3] Bonser completed his bridge watchkeeping certification aboard the carrier.[3] Over the following years, he served aboard HMA Ships Advance, Duchess, Jervis Bay, and Diamantina.[3] From 1980 until 1982, Bonser served as the commanding officer of the patrol boat HMAS Aware.[1]
In 1982, after a short period aboard
Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer in 1983, Bonser served on exchange to the Royal Navy until 1985 as an officer aboard the destroyers HMS Antrim, then HMS Glamorgan.[1][3] On his return to Australia, Bosner was first posted to the destroyer HMAS Perth, then to HMAS Torrens as the destroyer escort's executive officer.[3] While aboard Torrens, he was promoted to the rank of commander.[3] In 1988, Bonser was assigned to Maritime Headquarters Sydney in the positions of Fleet Programming Officer and Commander Operations.[3]
In 1990, Bonser was attached to the ship's company of
Joint Services Staff College.[1]
From April 1992 until 1993, Bonser was the
C3I.[3] In January 1996, he transferred to the Australian Defence Force Headquarters as the Director Combat Force Development (Sea).[3]
From October 1997 to mid-1999, Bonser was the commanding officer of the frigate
From May 2004 to January 2006, Bonser was the Commander Australian Defence College.[3] During this period, he was appointed on 7 October 2005 as head of the Military Justice Response Coordination Team, then later that year as head of the Military Justice Implementation Team.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Marcus Frederick Bonser". Royal Australian Navy. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ "Bonser, Marcus Frederick". Vietnam War Nominal Roll. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Rear Admiral Mark Bonser AO, CSC, RAN". Department of Defence. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.