| 词条 | John Allan (Canadian admiral) | |||||||
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|name = John Allan |image = |caption = |rank = Vice-Admiral |branch = {{navy|Canada|1911}} Canadian Forces |family = |nickname = Jock |allegiance = {{flag|Canada}} |birth_date ={{Birth date|df=yes|1928|03|31}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|05|01|1928|03|31|df=yes}} |birth_place = Kirkland Lake, Ontario |death_place = Ottawa, Ontario |serviceyears = 1946–1980 |battles = |commands={{HMCS|Qu'Appelle|DDE 264|6}} First Canadian Destroyer Squadron Maritime Command |awards = Order of Military Merit Canadian Forces Decoration }} Vice Admiral John Allan CMM (31 March 1928 - 1 May 2014) was a Canadian Forces officer who served as Commander of Maritime Command from 1979 to 1980. CareerAllan joined the Royal Canadian Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in 1946. He left the RCN in 1952 as a Petty Officer 2nd class. The next year, he re-enrolled as an Officer Cadet and was commissioned as an acting sub-lieutenant in 1954. He continued his studies at Queen’s University, graduating in 1955. .[1] He became Commanding Officer of the destroyer {{HMCS|Qu'Appelle|DDE 264|6}} in 1968, Project Manager of the DDH-280 Program at National Defence Headquarters in 1970 and Commander First Canadian Destroyer Squadron in 1973.[1] He went on to be Chief of Staff (Sea) in 1974, Director General Maritime Engineering and Maintenance in 1975 and Associate Assistant Deputy Minister Materiel in 1977.[1] His last appointments were as Commander Maritime Command in 1979, in which role he claimed that cutbacks were restricting the activities of Maritime Command,[2] and Deputy Chief of Defence Staff in 1980. He served in this position until he retired in 1982..[1] He died May 1, 2014.[3] Awards and decorationsAllan's personal awards and decorations include the following:
References1. ^1 2 3 John Allan The Nauticapedia {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box|title=Commander Maritime Command|before=Andrew Collier|after=Andrew Fulton|years=1979–1980}}{{s-end}}{{Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Allan, John}}2. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19790802&id=y_0hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a6QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1050,441689 Cutbacks sinking Canada's Navy says Admiral] The Montreal Gazette, August 2, 1979 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/john-allan-2014-1066044075 |title=Ottawa Citizen Obituaries|publisher=Ottawa Citizen}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=277&t=11&ln=Allan |title=Order of Military Merit List|publisher=The Governor General of Canada}} 5 : Canadian admirals|Royal Canadian Navy officers|Commanders of the Order of Military Merit (Canada)|1928 births|2014 deaths |
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