6-809: Rear Admiral Frederick Tickell , CMG (7 March 1857 – 19 September 1919) was a senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy . Tickell was born on 7 March 1857 in Amoy Harbour , China, to Captain George Tickell, a seaman and officer of the Royal Naval Reserve , and his wife Charlotte ( née Crabbe). The family settled in Melbourne in 1869 and Tickell was educated at Scotch College from 1870 to 1875. Tickell married Mary Elizabeth Figg on 18 December 1886. They had three daughters and one son. Tickell
12-478: A cerebro-vascular disease on 19 September 1919. This biographical article related to the military of Australia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rear admiral (Australia) Rear admiral (abbreviated as RADM ) is the third-highest active rank of the Royal Australian Navy and was created as a direct equivalent of the British rank of rear admiral . It is a two-star rank . Rear admiral
18-599: Is a higher rank than commodore , but lower than vice admiral . Rear admiral is the equivalent of air vice-marshal in the Royal Australian Air Force and major general in the Australian Army . Since the mid-1990s, the insignia of a Royal Australian Navy vice admiral is the Crown of St. Edward above a crossed sabre and baton, above two silver stars, above the word "AUSTRALIA". The stars have eight points as in
24-634: The Commonwealth Naval Forces (redesignated the Royal Australian Navy in 1911) following Federation in 1901. He was the service's third most senior officer. Tickell was naval commandant in Queensland from 1904 to 1907, naval commandant in Victoria from 1907 to 1911, and then Director of Auxiliary Forces . He was also aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of Australia from 1912. Tickell died of
30-641: The equivalent Royal Navy insignia. Prior to 1995, the RAN shoulder board was identical to the UK shoulder board. The UK shoulder board changed in 2001. Rear Admiral Robyn Walker AM , RAN became the first female admiral in the Royal Australian Navy when she was appointed Surgeon-General of the Australian Defence Force on 16 December 2011. This article about the military of Australia
36-810: Was commissioned a sub-lieutenant in the Victorian Naval Brigade in 1888. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1889 and, on promotion to commander , was appointed commandant of the Victorian Naval Forces in 1897. He led the Victorian Naval Contingent during the Boxer Rebellion , for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and Mentioned in Despatches . Promoted to captain in 1900, Tickell transferred to
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