List of Old Newingtonians - Armed Services

Armed Services

  • Rear Admiral Gerry Carwardine AO (1947–1953) – Former Commandant Australian Defence Force Academy
  • Flight Lieutenant Keith Chisholm MC DFM (1930–1936) - Pilot recognized for his exploits with the Polish and French resistance, after being shot down over France
  • Rear Admiral Bill Dovers CSC (1959–1969) – Current Australian naval officer
  • Commodore John Foster OAM (1944–1951) – Former naval officer and naval historian
  • Squadron Leader Adrian Goldsmith DFC DFM (1930–1933) – Second World War flying ace
  • Brigadier General John Lamrock CB VD – In command of the 20th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, in the Gallipoli Campaign
  • Commodore Bruce Loxton (1933–1935) – Former Director-General of Naval Manpower in the Royal Australian Navy and naval historian
  • Major General Sir Iven Mackay KBE CMG DSO VD (1897–1900) – Commander 2nd Division, 6th Division and South West Pacific Area World War II
  • Lieutenant Colonel Roy Morell DSO OBE (1903–1905) – Volunteered for war service during World War I and World War II
  • Major General Sandy Pearson AO DSO OBE MC (1932–1936) – Commander Australian Forces Vietnam War and former Commandant Royal Military College, Duntroon
  • Captain Oliver Woodward CMG MC (1903–1904) – Soldier noted for his tunneling activities at the Ypres Salient during the First World War and the subject of the 2010 Australian war film Beneath Hill 60

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