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Name	Sir Anthony Monckton Synnot
Born	5 January, 1922 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
Died	4 July, 2001 (aged 79) Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Education *	Geelong Grammar School (Vic) (student, 1933-1938)
Occupation or Descriptor *	navy officer (1941-1982) Australia navy chief-of-staff (1976-1979) Australia Chief of Defence Force (1979-1982) Australia
Military Service *	World War II (navy officer) Indonesian Confrontation (navy officer) Battle of Matapan, 1941 (navy officer) Evacuation of Crete, 1941 (navy officer) Evacuation of Greece, 1941 (navy officer) Malayan emergency, 1950-60 (navy officer)
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1972) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1976) Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1978)
Key Events *	Cyclone Tracey, Darwin, 1974 (head of navy relief operations)
Key Organisations *	Australian War Memorial (chairman, 1982-1985)

* Dates are approximate

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