Talk:Peter Tomlinson (admiral)

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This information from the reference. I'm sure the article could be enriched somewhat? TOMLINSON. Rear-Admiral Peter Tomlinson SM died aged 89 on 13 September 2012. He was at Bishops from 1936 until March 1941. He was a fine sportsman and was awarded full colours for Rugby and Boxing. Whilst a student Peter won the SA combined universities middle weight boxing championship. Peter was the first Bishops Old Boy to be promoted to flag rank in the SA Navy. He was one of the sixty officers who joined the Permanent Force in 1946 and later helped to transform the SA Navy into a modern and very effective maritime force. After his initial Second World War service in SA Air Force Crashboats, he joined the SA Naval Forces as an Able Seaman in 1944 and served in HMSAS Turfontein until he was commissioned in 1945 and appointed as watchkeeping officer in HMS Swale based at Mombasa. From 194647 he was Personal Staff Officer to the Director of the SA Naval Forces and then served as a watchkeeping officer in HMSA ships Transvaal, Natal and Pietermaritzburg. He was a training and divisional officer at SAS Saldanha from 1951-55 and was First-Lieutenant there from 1957-59. He was First-Lieutenant in SAS Transvaal from 1955-57 and Executive Officer in SAS Vrystaat from 1959-61. His next appointments afloat were Officer Commanding SAS Walvisbaai and Senior Officer Commanding Minesweeping Squadron from 1961-61 and Executive Officer SAS President Pretorius from 1963-1965. His other appointments ashore included SSO Personnel, Acting Director of Personnel, Armed Forces Attaché in Argentina, Director of Naval Plans, Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel), Chief of Naval Staff Operations (during which time he sometimes acted as Chief of the Navy) and Flag Officer Commanding Naval Operations Command at Silvermine from 1978-82. He was awarded the Southern Cross Medal, a decoration for outstanding devotion to duty and two foreign orders: the National Order of Merit of Paraguay (Commander) and Order of Naval Merit (Argentina). Cmdr. Peter Tomlinson was the military attaché in Buenos Aires during the early 1970’s and became so popular as a diplomat that he ‘roped in’ Chile, Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia and Paraguay. BoonDock (talk) 14:10, 9 April 2023 (UTC)