People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

29 July, 1933
Shanghai, China

Death

26 February, 1997 (aged 63)
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Cause of Death

cancer (thyroid)

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Spanish

Education

• Frankston High School (Vic)
• Royal Australian Naval College

Occupation or Descriptor

• governor
• navy officer

Military Service

• Vietnam War

Awards

• Member of the Order of Australia
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Officer of the Order of Australia

Key Events

• Cyclone Tracey, Darwin, 1974

Legacies

• Eric Johnston Lecture (Library and Archives Northern Territory)
• Johnston (Palmerston, NT)
• Johnston territory electorate (NT)