serviceyears monarch branch lieutenant allegiance birth_date term_end commands battles order term_start spouse rank name predecessor birth_place office successor article_title
1948 -- 1989 elizabeth ii australia murray gleeson australia 16 november 1934 1 march 1996 hm 6 hobart d39 6 penguin naval base 6 australian fleet australian defence force academy duchess d154 korean war vietnam war 35th 8 august 1990 shirley mclellan rear admiral peter sinclair sir david martin manly , new south wales governor of new south wales gordon samuels peter sinclair -lrb- governor -rrb-

peter sinclair -lrb- governor -rrb-

rear admiral peter ross sinclair -lrb- born 16 november 1934 -rrb- is a retired senior officer of the royal australian navy and was governor of new south wales from 8 august 1990 to 1 march 1996 .
born in manly , new south wales , in november 1934 , he was educated north sydney boys high school before joining the navy in the royal australian naval college .
after serving many years in the navy , including service in korea , vietnam and in relief operations following cyclone tracy , sinclair rose to higher roles in the navy , serving as commander of hmas penguin naval base , director of naval plans and as chief project officer during the establishment of the tri-service australian defence force academy , serving as its first commandant .
in 1987 he was appointed flag officer commanding hm australian fleet , a position which later changed to maritime commander , australia .
in 1989 he was appointed as deputy chief of the naval staff but served only briefly until his retirement .
when his friend and navy colleague , sir david martin , resigned his commission as governor of new south wales in august 1990 due to an advancing medical condition , sinclair was appointed to succeed him .
he retired in 1996 while controversy of carr 's proposed changes of the governor 's role emerged in regards to his successor .
