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|name= Sir Anthony Monckton Synnot |image= Admiral Anthony Synnot.jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1922|01|05|df=yes}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|2001|07|04|1922|01|05|df=yes}} |birth_place= Corowa, New South Wales |death_place= Yass, New South Wales |placeofburial= |allegiance= Australia |branch= Royal Australian Navy |serviceyears= 1939–1982 |rank= Admiral |servicenumber= |unit= |commands= Chief of Defence Force Staff (1979–82) Chief of Naval Staff (1976–79) HM Australian Fleet (1973–74) {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}} (1967) {{HMAS|Sydney|R17|6}} (1966) Royal Malaysian Navy (1962–65) {{HMAS|Vampire|D11|6}} (1960–61) {{HMAS|Warramunga|I44|6}} (1956–57) |battles= Second World War
Vietnam War |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Officer of the Order of Australia Mentioned in Despatches Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (Malaysia) |relations= |laterwork= Chairman of the Council of the Australian War Memorial (1982–85) }} Admiral Sir Anthony Monckton Synnot, {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|KBE|AO}} (5 January 1922 – 4 July 2001) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Chief of the Defence Force Staff from 1979 to 1982. Early lifeSynnot was born in 1922 at Corowa, New South Wales, a descendant of Monckton Synnot, brother of Captain Timothy Monckton Synnot and a distant relative of the American Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Synnot was educated at Geelong Grammar School. He joined the Royal Australian Navy as a cadet midshipman in March 1939 and trained in Britain with Prince Philip of Greece (as he then was). His first ship was the cruiser HMAS Canberra. Naval careerDuring the Second World War, Synnot served aboard the destroyer {{HMAS|Stuart|D00|6}} in the Battle of Cape Matapan, for which he was mentioned in despatches, and during the evacuation of Greece and Crete. With the Royal Navy, he saw service on the battleship {{HMS|Barham|04|6}} and was on board the destroyer {{HMS|Punjabi|F21|6}} when she sank off Iceland in 1942 after being accidentally rammed by the battleship {{HMS|King George V|41|6}}. Subsequently, Synnot served for two years on the Australian destroyer {{HMAS|Quiberon|G81|6}} on North Sea convoy duty and during the North Africa landings, eventually becoming the ship's executive officer. In 1945, Synnot qualified as a gunnery officer and served on the staff of gunnery schools in Australia. Promoted to commander in 1954, he took charge of {{HMAS|Warramunga|I44|6}} in 1956. He became captain of the Daring-class destroyer {{HMAS|Vampire|D11|6}} in 1960. In 1950, Synnot had taken part in the Bridgeford Mission to Malaya, which advised the Australian government on the Malayan Emergency. His report on the options for providing naval support for the British laid the foundations for Australian naval involvement in the region and led to Synnot's secondment to command the Royal Malaysian Navy from 1962 to 1965. On his return to Australia, Synnot attended administrative staff college before returning to sea in 1966 as Captain of the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney, then in 1967, the carrier HMAS Melbourne. He was the only officer to command both aircraft carriers.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} After a year at the Imperial Defence College in London, he returned to Australia as director general of fighting equipment. Promoted to rear-admiral in 1970, he became chief of naval personnel and subsequently deputy chief of naval staff. He became Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet in 1973. In 1974, he was appointed director joint staff in the Australian Defence Department, and played a leading role in the relief effort following the devastation of Darwin by Cyclone Tracy. In 1976, Synnot was promoted to vice admiral and appointed Chief of Naval Staff. He initiated a review of the Navy Office and of the Navy's structure of command and control. He drew up a blueprint for the maintenance of naval capability into the future, and oversaw the Navy's guided-missile frigate project. Extremely able and practical, Synnot came to be regarded as one of the country's most outstanding defence force chiefs.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} A strong believer in deterrence and an advocate of close co-operation with America and countries in the Pacific region, Synnot emphasised the need for a strong military capability for national defence and for joint operations with Australia's allies overseas.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} He was said{{who|date=December 2009}} to have done more to equip Australia's armed forces with up-to-date military technology than any of his predecessors. In particular, he was instrumental in persuading the Australian government of the need to upgrade the country's air force with the acquisition of the F/A-18 Hornet.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} He was also behind the decision to acquire the British aircraft carrier {{HMS|Invincible|R05|6}} as a replacement for the ageing HMAS Melbourne.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} However, Britain withdrew the offer to sell Invincible after the Falklands War.[1] Synnot retired on 20 April 1982. PersonalSynnot was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1971,[2] and knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1978.[3] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1976.[4] He married Virginia Davenport in 1959 and they remained married until her death in 1965. He married a second time in 1968 to Anne Colvin (née Manifold), great-niece of former Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce and mother of journalist Mark Colvin. Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot died on 4 July 2001 at the age of 79, after suffering from a long illness.[5] References1. ^{{cite book |author=Stevens, David |author2=Sears, Jason|author3= Goldrick, James|author4= Cooper, Alastair|author5= Jones, Peter|author6= Spurling, Kathryn |editor=Stevens, David |title=The Royal Australian Navy |series=The Australian Centenary History of Defence (vol III) |year=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=South Melbourne, VIC |isbn=0-19-554116-2 |oclc=50418095 |page=227}} 2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=45555|date=31 December 1971|page=34|supp=y}} 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=47724|date=29 December 1978|page=36|supp=y}} 4. ^It's an Honour – Entry 5. ^Defender {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530033731/http://www.ada.asn.au/defender/Spr01all.pdf |date=30 May 2008 }} – The National Journal of the Australia Defence Association External links
title=Chief of Defence Force Staff| before=General Sir Arthur MacDonald| after={{nowrap|Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville McNamara}}| years=1979–1982|}}{{succession box| title=Chief of Naval Staff| before=Vice Admiral Sir David Stevenson| after=Vice Admiral Sir James Willis| years=1976–1979| }}{{succession box| title=Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet| before=Rear Admiral William Dovers| after=Rear Admiral David Wells| years=1973–1974| }}{{succession box| title=Deputy Chief of Naval Staff| before=Rear Admiral David Wells| after=Rear Admiral William Dovers| years=1971–1972| }}{{s-end}}{{Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)}}{{Chief of Navy (Australia)}}{{Fleet Commander of the Royal Australian Navy}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Synnot, Anthony}} 13 : 1922 births|2001 deaths|Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Australian military personnel of the Malayan Emergency|Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War|Chiefs of Defence Force Staff (Australia)|Deputy Chiefs of Naval Staff (Australia)|Honorary Commanders of the Order of the Defender of the Realm|Officers of the Order of Australia|People educated at Geelong Grammar School|People from New South Wales|Royal Australian Navy admirals|Royal Australian Navy personnel of World War II |
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