John Augustine Collins
Australian admiral
Died when: 90 years 239 days (1087 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Vice-Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, KBE, CB (7 January 1899 – 3 September 1989) was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer who served in both World Wars, and who eventually rose to become a vice admiral and Chief of Naval Staff.
Collins was one of the first graduates of the Royal Australian Naval College to attain flag rank.During the Second World War, he commanded the cruiser HMAS Sydney in the Mediterranean campaign.
He led the Australian Naval Squadron in the Pacific theatre and was wounded in the first recorded kamikaze attack, in 1944.
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